Economics of local public services for drinking water supply

Serge Garcia

INRAE Sciences Sociales, 2008, vol. 2008, 4

Abstract: In France, there is a recurrent debate on the choice of organization, management modes and regulation of the water services. They are local monopolies which may be directly managed by the municipality or delegated to a private operator. An econometric analysis of cost for the drinking-water supply services gives crucial information on the potential gains in terms of network performance and resource management. A counterfactual comparison of the costs of the management modes (public/private) shows the differences in efficiency and the existence of an informational rent for private operators.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.155276

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