The aim of this paper is to provide an empirical assessment of technical efficiency in the Italian water service industry. After providing a descriptive framework for production technology, financial variables and liberalisation process, technical efficiency by stochastic production frontier is estimated over a sample of 83 municipal firms. A 28% of inefficiency is found and its determinants are shown.

L'efficienza tecnica nel settore dei servizi idrici

PERCOCO, MARCO
2003

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to provide an empirical assessment of technical efficiency in the Italian water service industry. After providing a descriptive framework for production technology, financial variables and liberalisation process, technical efficiency by stochastic production frontier is estimated over a sample of 83 municipal firms. A 28% of inefficiency is found and its determinants are shown.
2003
Percoco, Marco
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