کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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999241 | 1481676 | 2012 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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This paper updates the literature on water utility benchmarking studies developed worldwide, focusing on scale and scope economies. Using meta-regression analysis, the study investigates which variables from published studies influence these economies. Our analysis yields several conclusions. The results indicate that there is a higher probability of finding diseconomies of scale and scope in large utilities; however, only the results for scale economies are significant. Diseconomies of scale and scope are more likely to be found in publicly-owned utilities than when the ownership is private; as would be expected, multi-utilities are more likely to have scale and scope economies.
► This paper investigates variables that influence scale and scope economies in water utilities.
► A meta-regression analysis was applied to studies developed worldwide.
► We concluded that there is a higher probability of finding diseconomies in large utilities.
► Scale and scope diseconomies are more likely to be found in publicly-owned utilities.
► We also found that multi-utilities are more likely to have scale and scope economies.
Journal: Utilities Policy - Volume 21, June 2012, Pages 40–49