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What Determines Efficiency? An Analysis of the Italian Water Sector

Bonacina, Monica - 2014

mean level of performance, in the period under investigation, efficiency improvements have been limited. Moreover, the … results demonstrate that both the ownership structure and politics do have an impact on the efficiency of the firms: in …

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Water policy and institutions in the Republic of Korea

Lee, Namsoo - 2019

This study reviews the water policies and institutions for water management in the Republic of Korea over a 50-year period during which the country developed from a war-torn nation into one of the 10 largest economies in the world. The Republic of Korea's water policy commenced in the form of...

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Water Services in Italy : Implementation of the Reform and Efficiency of Providers

Benvenuti, Michele - 2009

the performance of operators through a study of their financial indicators and a non-parametric efficiency analysis. The … risk-free interest rate. The non-parametric efficiency analysis does not reveal significant economies of scope and … highlights a certain degree of variability of technical efficiency scores. This suggests that there is room for efficiency gains …

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Hidden Value Transfers in Public Utilities

Kovvali, Aneil; Macey, Joshua - 2023

Many electric utilities in the United States own rate regulated and non-rate regulated subsidiaries. The rate regulated subsidiaries enjoy legal monopolies and a right to a return on their capital investments but are only allowed to charge regulatorily authorized rates. The non-rate regulated...

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Evaluating the efficiency of public services : differences in efficiency in public services can offer clues about good practice

Johnes, Geraint - 2015

Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a … these factors into account, costs vary across providers because of differences in efficiency. Such differences offer clues … about good practice that can lead to improvements in the system as a whole. The role of efficiency is illustrated by …

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Holes in the Water : The Reform of Water Services and Competition in Italy

Arnaudo, Luca - 2011

The paper provides a survey of some of the main tenets of water management in Italy, following the path of a rather ambitious reform launched in 1994 aimed at establishing an integrated water service for civil use. Also, by taking into account recent literature related to vulnerabilities typical...

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Do Water Managers Cooperate in Public Goods Games?

Zetland, David - 2012

comparison to, respectively, groups of students and a threshold efficiency consistent with maximizing social welfare. Additional …

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A Bridge Over Troubled Waters : Alternative Financing and Delivery of Water and Wastewater Services

Brubaker, Elizabeth - 2013

Too many drinking water and wastewater systems across Canada threaten public health and the environment. In this report, the author writes that many of the municipally owned and operated systems that treat and distribute drinking water perform poorly and lack the financial resources and...

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Endogenous and Environmental Determinants of Water Pricing Policy in Italy

Romano, Giulia - 2013

A water pricing policy (WPP) should accomplish many purposes. Due to the growing importance of efficient water management, it has become crucial to understand the endogenous and environmental factors affecting water pricing, so as to provide guidance to policy makers in defining a suitable water...

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On the many ways Europeanization matters : the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)

Asquer, Alberto - 2009

The research agenda of Europeanization is currently highly focused on issued related to what accounts for the 'horizontal' interaction between domestic actors and how these actors make use of stimuli originating from the EU. This paper aims to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case...

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