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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Benchmarking the efficiency of the Chilean water and sewerage companies: a double-bootstrap approach.

María Molinos-Senante, Guillermo Donoso, Ramon Sala-Garrido, Andrés Villegas

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

María Molinos-SenanteDepartamento de Ingeniería Hidráulica y Ambiental, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna, 4860, Santiago, Chile. mmolinos@uc.cl.
Guillermo DonosoDepartamento de Economía Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna, 4860, Santiago, Chile.
Ramon Sala-GarridoDepartamento de Matemáticas para la Economía y la Empresa, Universidad de Valencia, Campus dels Tarongers, 46022, Valencia, Spain.
Andrés VillegasDepartamento de Economía Agraria, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna, 4860, Santiago, Chile.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · CLUniversitat de València · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Benchmarking the efficiency of water companies is essential to set water tariffs and to promote their sustainability. In doing so, most of the previous studies have applied conventional data envelopment analysis (DEA) models. However, it is a deterministic method that does not allow to identify environmental factors influencing efficiency scores. To overcome this limitation, this paper evaluates the efficiency of a sample of Chilean water and sewerage companies applying a double-bootstrap DEA model. Results evidenced that the ranking of water and sewerage companies changes notably whether efficiency scores are computed applying conventional or double-bootstrap DEA models. Moreover, it was found that the percentage of non-revenue water and customer density are factors influencing the efficiency of Chilean water and sewerage companies. This paper illustrates the importance of using a robust and reliable method to increase the relevance of benchmarking tools.

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Efficiency, OrganizationalBenchmarkingChileEfficiencyWaterWaterData envelopment analysisEfficiencyEnvironmental variablesPerformanceWater and sewerage industry

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