Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector

Autores
Mercadier, Augusto C.; Cont, Walter A.; Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
Año de publicación
2016
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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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ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PERU
WATER AND SANITATION
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spelling 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
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
title Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
spellingShingle Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
Mercadier, Augusto C.
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PERU
WATER AND SANITATION
title_short Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
title_full Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
title_fullStr Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
title_full_unstemmed Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
title_sort Economies of scale in Peru’s water and sanitation sector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Mercadier, Augusto C.
Cont, Walter A.
Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
author Mercadier, Augusto C.
author_facet Mercadier, Augusto C.
Cont, Walter A.
Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
author_role author
author2 Cont, Walter A.
Ferro, Gustavo Adolfo
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PERU
WATER AND SANITATION
topic ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
PERU
WATER AND SANITATION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv 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
description 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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Mercadier, 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; 215-228
0895-562X
1573-0441
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Mercadier, 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; 215-228
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