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 frontier for a sample of Asian and Pacific regional water companies. The results show that efficiency is not significantly different in private companies than in public ones

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2002
Authors:	Estache, Antonio ; Rossi, Martín Antonio
Publisher:	Washington, DC : World Bank
Subject:	Asien \| Asia \| Effizienz \| Efficiency \| Privatwirtschaft \| Private sector \| Wasserversorgung \| Water supply \| Wasserwirtschaft \| Water industry \| Privatisierung \| Privatization \| Öffentliches Unternehmen \| Public enterprise

Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	World Bank Economic Review
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	English en_US
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/17192 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564015