Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
- Autores
- Mercadier, Augusto C.; Cont, Walter A.; Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
- Año de publicación
- 2016
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- This paper quantifies economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation (W&S) sector based on a five-year panel (2006–2010) that examines 39 water services providers. Our findings highlight the lack of economies of scale in the Peruvian W&S sector as a whole. Cost savings are possible through water volume increases (Economies of Production Density) and a higher provision density (Economies of Customer Density), but not via an increase in the number of served municipalities (overall Economies of Scale). Some agglomerations are possible, yielding cost reductions of up to 9 %.
Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Ente Regulador de Agua y Saneamiento; Argentina
Fil: Cont, Walter A.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas; Argentina
Fil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad del Cema; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina - Materia
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ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PERU
WATER AND SANITATION - Nivel de accesibilidad
- acceso abierto
- Condiciones de uso
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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- Institución
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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- oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/98945
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sectorMercadier, Augusto C.Cont, Walter A.Ferro, Gustavo AdolfoECONOMETRICSECONOMIES OF SCALEPERUWATER AND SANITATIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5This paper quantifies economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation (W&S) sector based on a five-year panel (2006–2010) that examines 39 water services providers. Our findings highlight the lack of economies of scale in the Peruvian W&S sector as a whole. Cost savings are possible through water volume increases (Economies of Production Density) and a higher provision density (Economies of Customer Density), but not via an increase in the number of served municipalities (overall Economies of Scale). Some agglomerations are possible, yielding cost reductions of up to 9 %.Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Ente Regulador de Agua y Saneamiento; ArgentinaFil: Cont, Walter A.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas; ArgentinaFil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad del Cema; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaSpringer New York LLC2016-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/98945Mercadier, Augusto C.; Cont, Walter A.; Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo; Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector; Springer New York LLC; Journal of Productivity Analysis; 45; 2; 4-2016; 215-2280895-562X1573-0441CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11123-016-0468-0info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11123-016-0468-0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:03:19Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/98945instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:03:19.438CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector Mercadier, Augusto C. ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE PERU WATER AND SANITATION |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector |
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Mercadier, Augusto C. Cont, Walter A. Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo |
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Mercadier, Augusto C. |
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Mercadier, Augusto C. Cont, Walter A. Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo |
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ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE PERU WATER AND SANITATION |
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ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE PERU WATER AND SANITATION |
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This paper quantifies economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation (W&S) sector based on a five-year panel (2006–2010) that examines 39 water services providers. Our findings highlight the lack of economies of scale in the Peruvian W&S sector as a whole. Cost savings are possible through water volume increases (Economies of Production Density) and a higher provision density (Economies of Customer Density), but not via an increase in the number of served municipalities (overall Economies of Scale). Some agglomerations are possible, yielding cost reductions of up to 9 %. Fil: Mercadier, Augusto C.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Ente Regulador de Agua y Saneamiento; Argentina Fil: Cont, Walter A.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; Argentina. Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas; Argentina Fil: Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo. Universidad del Cema; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina |
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This paper quantifies economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation (W&S) sector based on a five-year panel (2006–2010) that examines 39 water services providers. Our findings highlight the lack of economies of scale in the Peruvian W&S sector as a whole. Cost savings are possible through water volume increases (Economies of Production Density) and a higher provision density (Economies of Customer Density), but not via an increase in the number of served municipalities (overall Economies of Scale). Some agglomerations are possible, yielding cost reductions of up to 9 %. |
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