Kuenzle, Michael (Alumni)

lic. oec. publ.

e-mail: michael.kuenzle (at) egl.ch

Curriculum Vitae

Main Research Interests

• Benchmarking and Productivity Analysis
• Panel Data Econometrics
• Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Research Projects

• Benchmarking of Gas Distribution Utilities (8/2001 - 1/2003)

Publications and Reports

• Farsi M., Filippini M., and Kuenzle M. (2004). Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 36 [pdf, 400 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, October.
• Farsi, M., Filippini M., and Kuenzle M. (2004), Cost Efficiency In Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models, CEPE Working Paper No. 33, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, July.
• Farsi, M., Filippini, M. and Kuenzle, M., 2003, Unobserved heterogeneity in stochastic cost frontier models: a comparative analysis, Working Paper No. 03-11, Department of Economics, University of Lugano, Switzerland.
• Fazioli R., Filippini M. and Kuenzle M., 2003, Valutazione dell'efficienza delle compagnie di bus italiane e svizzere, in "L'efficienza nei servizi pubblici", Banca d'Italia.
• Filippini M., Kuenzle M., 2003, Analisi dell'efficienza di costo delle compagnie di bus italiane e svizzere, Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera Italiana.
• Filippini M., Wild J., Kuenzle M., 2002, Using stochastic frontier analysis for the access price regulation of electricity networks, Facoltà di scienze economiche, Università della Svizzera Italiana.
• Filippini, M., Wild, J., Kuenzle, M., Scale and cost efficiency in the Swiss electricity distribution industry: Evidence from a frontier cost approach. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 8, Zurich, June 2001.

Recent Presentations

• "The Inefficiency in Regional Bus Companies: An Application of New Stochastic Frontier Models", North American Productivity Workshop 2004, University of Toronto, Canada, June 23 - 25, 2004. Slides [pdf, 439 kB].
• "Scale and cost efficiency in the Swiss electricity distribution industry: evidence from a frontier cost approach", VII European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, University of Oviedo, Spain, September 25-27, 2001. Slides [pdf].