Une estimation des coûts d'efficience des tarifs actuels des services publics de l'eau en France

Simon Porcher

Revue économique, 2013, vol. 64, issue 3, 551-560

Abstract: As first noticed by Coase [1946], a standard result in utility regulation is that efficiency requires two-part tariffs with marginal prices set to marginal costs and fixed fees equal to each customer?s share of fixed costs. Residential water customers in France face marginal prices for water that average about 8 % more than marginal costs. Under price elasticity estimates that are consistent with previous results in the literature, efficiency costs represent around 8 million euros of welfare losses for 2008. Even though the distortion is fairly small, consumers could benefit from these efficiency gains. Classification JEL: D21, D82, L33, L95.

JEL-codes: D21 D82 L33 L95 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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