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The relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria

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dc.contributor.authorByrnes, J.
dc.contributor.authorCrase, L.
dc.contributor.authorDollery, B.
dc.contributor.authorVillano, R.
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIn recent times the relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities has been neglected as policymakers sought to secure urban water supplies. This paper is an effort to measure the efficiency consequences of a number of recent urban water policy initiatives. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is employed in order to measure the relative technical efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. We show that the almost universal policy of water restrictions is likely to reduce relative efficiency and the typically larger utilities located in Victoria are characterised by a higher degree of managerial efficiency. A number of implications for urban water policy are advanced.
dc.identifier.citationResource and Energy Economics, 2010; 32(3):439-455
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.08.001
dc.identifier.issn0928-7655
dc.identifier.issn1873-0221
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/117410
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.rightsCopyright 2010 Elsevier B. V.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2009.08.001
dc.subjectwater policy
dc.subjecturban water utilities
dc.subjectrelative efficiency
dc.titleThe relative economic efficiency of urban water utilities in regional New South Wales and Victoria
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916022904501831

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