TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RURAL WATER UTILITIES

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dc.creatorBhattacharyya, Arunava
dc.creatorHarris, Thomas R.
dc.creatorNarayanan, Rangesan
dc.creatorRaffiee, Kambiz
dc.date2017-04-01T14:13:45Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T04:10:33Z
dc.descriptionTechnical 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.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.30764
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30764/files/20020373.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30764
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/545933
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/30764
dc.titleTECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RURAL WATER UTILITIES
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