Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies

The main purpose of this article is to compare the cost structure of water utilities across a set of 14 countries with different levels of economic development. As far as is known, the cross-country perspective is novel in this literature. This article first provides new measures of returns to scale...

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Main Authors:	Nauges, Celine, van den Berg, Caroline
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530
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spelling	okr-10986-48052021-04-23T14:02:19Z Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies Nauges, Celine van den Berg, Caroline Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530 The main purpose of this article is to compare the cost structure of water utilities across a set of 14 countries with different levels of economic development. As far as is known, the cross-country perspective is novel in this literature. This article first provides new measures of returns to scale in the water and sanitation sector for a set of countries, most of them from the developing world. It is then shown that the probability of a utility operating under decreasing, constant, or increasing returns to scale depends not only on its characteristics (the volume of water produced in particular), but also on the country's level of economic development (gross national income) and business environment as measured by investor protection, the cost of enforcing contracts and perceptions of corruption. 2012-03-30T07:29:50Z 2012-03-30T07:29:50Z 2010 Journal Article Oxford Development Studies 13600818 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4805 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530
spellingShingle	Gas Utilities Pipelines Water Utilities L950 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Formal and Informal Sectors Shadow Economy Institutional Arrangements O170 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water Q250 Air Pollution Water Pollution Noise Hazardous Waste Solid Waste Recycling Q530 Nauges, Celine van den Berg, Caroline Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
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description	The main purpose of this article is to compare the cost structure of water utilities across a set of 14 countries with different levels of economic development. As far as is known, the cross-country perspective is novel in this literature. This article first provides new measures of returns to scale in the water and sanitation sector for a set of countries, most of them from the developing world. It is then shown that the probability of a utility operating under decreasing, constant, or increasing returns to scale depends not only on its characteristics (the volume of water produced in particular), but also on the country's level of economic development (gross national income) and business environment as measured by investor protection, the cost of enforcing contracts and perceptions of corruption.
format	Journal Article
author	Nauges, Celine van den Berg, Caroline
author_facet	Nauges, Celine van den Berg, Caroline
author_sort	Nauges, Celine
title	Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
title_short	Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
title_full	Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
title_fullStr	Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
title_full_unstemmed	Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies
title_sort	heterogeneity in the cost structure of water and sanitation services : a cross-country comparison of conditions for scale economies
publishDate	2012
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Heterogeneity in the Cost Structure of Water and Sanitation Services : A Cross-Country Comparison of Conditions for Scale Economies

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