Determinants of total efficiency in water utilities in Mexico

Gerardo Angeles-Castro, Laura Josselin Arriola-Barcenas and Carlos Bonifacio Baeza-Almaraz

Applied Economics Letters, 2018, vol. 25, issue 21, 1531-1534

Abstract: By using panel data analysis across 368 water utilities in Mexico over the period 2010–2014, we find that small firms are more efficient than medium and large providers and that increasing production is associated with less efficiency. Billing, income collection and profitability are relevant factors to improve efficiency. Medium and large firms require to measure consumption by service with meters in order to increase efficiency, while small firms do not require it.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1430324

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