How Different is the Efficiency of Public and Private Water Companies in Asia?

How Different is the Efficiency of Public and Private Water Companies in Asia?

Several studies have compared the efficiency of publicly and privately owned water utilities and reached conflicting conclusions on the impact of ownership on efficiency. This article provides further evidence by estimating a stochastic cost fronti...

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Main Authors: Estache, Antonio, Rossi, Martin A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY
CAP REGULATION
CENTRAL BANK
CONSUMERS
COST FUNCTIONS
COST OF WATER
CUBIC METERS
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC REGULATION
EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT
EFFICIENCY SCORES
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SECTOR
EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
FRONTIER ESTIMATION
FRONTIER MODELS
FRONTIER PRODUCTION
FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION MODELS
HEDONIC COST
HEDONIC COST APPROACH
INEFFICIENCY
LEAST COST
MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS
METER READING
MODEL SPECIFICATION
NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS
OPERATIONAL COSTS
OUTPUTS
PRIVATE COMPANIES
PRIVATE OPERATORS
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC COMPANIES
QUALITY OF SERVICE
REGULATORS
RETURN REGULATION
RETURNS TO SCALE
REVENUE CAPS
SANITATION
SANITATION SECTOR
SURFACE SOURCES
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCIES
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY
TRANSLOG
TRANSPORT REGULATORS
UTILITY EFFICIENCY
VARIABLE RETURNS
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER SERVICES
WATER SYSTEMS
WATER UTILITIES
WATER UTILITY
YARDSTICK COMPETITION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/17737089/different-efficiency-public-private-water-companies-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17192

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/17737089/different-efficiency-public-private-water-companies-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17192

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