Publication: The efficiency of public services in small municipalities: the case of drinking water
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Date
2019
Authors
Benito, Bernardino ; Faura, Ursula ; Guillamón, María Dolores ; Ríos Martínez, Ana María
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Publisher
Elsevier
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.04.016
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©2019. This document is the Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Cities. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.04.016
Abstract
This paper uses DEA methodology to analyze the efficiency of the drinking water provision service in small
municipalities. Once the efficiency indicators are obtained, these are related to a group of exogenous variables,
so as to evaluate the determinants of efficiency. We use a sample of Spanish municipalities of under 5000
inhabitants in 2014, and the results show a negative and significant impact of population density and citizens'
level of income on the drinking water supply efficiency. Moreover, the greater the political strength of the local
government, the higher the level of efficiency in the provision of drinking water. The findings also show that
there is greater efficiency when the provision of drinking water is managed directly by the local government.
Finally, there is no significant impact of the touristic character of the municipality or of the government's political
ideology on the efficiency of the drinking water supply.
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Citation
Cities, vol. 93, pp. 95-103.
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