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| Title: | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RURAL WATER UTILITIES |
| Authors: | Bhattacharyya, Arunava
Harris, Thomas R.
Narayanan, Rangesan
Raffiee, Kambiz |
| Issue Date: | 1995-12 |
| Abstract: | Technical efficiency of rural water utilities is determined using frontier production functions. An indirect production function is developed to model the two-step production process of a local government-controlled firm. Data from 26 rural Nevada water utilities are used to estimate inefficiency in terms of firm-specific variables. A multistep estimation procedure is used instead of single-step maximum likelihood estimation. Model selection tests are used to choose the best model. Privately owned utilities are most efficient; self-governing water districts are the least efficient. Municipal governments operate the most and least efficient utilities. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/30764 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics>Volume 20, Number 02, December 1995 |
| Total Pages: | 19 |
| Language: | English |
| From Page: | 373 |
| To Page: | 391 |
| Collections: | Volume 20, Number 02, December 1995
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