Impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on water company efficiency: Evidence from Chile

Maziotis, Alexandros; Villegas, Andres; Molinos-Senante, Maria; Sala-Garrido, Ramon

Abstract

Conventional performance assessments of water companies ignore the external costs due to water supply outages. To overcome this gap, we evaluate the impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on the efficiency of water companies. Two efficiency metrics, internal technical efficiency (ITE), and total technical efficiency (TTE), were estimated based on data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results evidence that the external costs of unplanned water supply interruptions impact, on average, 7.9% of the efficiency of water companies. We also explored the impact of a set of environmental variables on water company efficiency.

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Título según WOS: Impact of external costs of unplanned supply interruptions on water company efficiency: Evidence from Chile
Título de la Revista: UTILITIES POLICY
Volumen: 66
Editorial: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2020
DOI:

10.1016/j.jup.2020.101087

Notas: ISI