Governance and efficiency in the Brazilian water utilities: A dynamic analysis in the process of universal access

Alexandro Barbosa, Severino Cesário de Lima and Isabel Brusca ()

Utilities Policy, 2016, vol. 43, issue PA, 82-96

Abstract: •We analyse the effect of governance on the dynamic efficiency of water utilities.•The deficit of capital for universalization is the principal factor of the inefficiency.•The ownership type has no significant effect on efficiency.•Regulatory agency has not ensured that utilities achieve better efficiency.•Price-cap and revenue-cap regimes are associated with lower efficiencies.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2016.06.013

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