کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
985811 934678 2010 17 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria
چکیده انگلیسی

In recent times the relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities has been neglected as policymakers sought to secure urban water supplies. This paper is an effort to measure the efficiency consequences of a number of recent urban water policy initiatives. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is employed in order to measure the relative technical efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. We show that the almost universal policy of water restrictions is likely to reduce relative efficiency and the typically larger utilities located in Victoria are characterised by a higher degree of managerial efficiency. A number of implications for urban water policy are advanced.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Resource and Energy Economics - Volume 32, Issue 3, August 2010, Pages 439–455
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