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Water policy and institutions in the Republic of Korea
Lee, Namsoo - 2019
This study reviews the water policies and institutions for water management in the Republic of Korea over a 50-year period during which the country developed from a war-torn nation into one of the 10 largest economies in the world. The Republic of Korea's water policy commenced in the form of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041752
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What Determines Efficiency? An Analysis of the Italian Water Sector
Bonacina, Monica - 2014
mean level of performance, in the period under investigation, efficiency improvements have been limited. Moreover, the … results demonstrate that both the ownership structure and politics do have an impact on the efficiency of the firms: in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045110
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On the many ways Europeanization matters : the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)
Asquer, Alberto - 2009
The research agenda of Europeanization is currently highly focused on issued related to what accounts for the 'horizontal' interaction between domestic actors and how these actors make use of stimuli originating from the EU. This paper aims to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003922685
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Wasser - Standortfaktor für die bayerische Wirtschaft : Untersuchung der Bedeutung der Ressource Wasser als Standortfaktor für die bayerische Wirtschaft und den Wirtschaftszweig "W...
Triebswetter, Ursula; Wackerbauer, Johann; Hofmann, … - 2010
In dieser Untersuchung wird die Bedeutung der Ressource Wasser als Standortfaktor für die bayerische Wirtschaft und den Wirtschaftszweig Wasserwirtschaft unter den Randbedingungen des Klimawandels, der demografischen Entwicklung und der Globalisierung untersucht. Für die meisten...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845007
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Option Contracting in the California Water Market
Tomkins, Claire; Weber, Thomas A. - 2014
Temporary water transfers, as achievable under option contracts, capture gains from trade that would go unrealized if only permanent transfers of water rights were possible. This paper develops a bilateral option contracting model for water which includes the possibility of conveyance losses and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214025
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Holes in the Water : The Reform of Water Services and Competition in Italy
Arnaudo, Luca - 2011
The paper provides a survey of some of the main tenets of water management in Italy, following the path of a rather ambitious reform launched in 1994 aimed at establishing an integrated water service for civil use. Also, by taking into account recent literature related to vulnerabilities typical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014186689
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Mean and bold?
De Witte, Kristof; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2007
association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373828
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Mean and Bold?
Witte, Kristof De; Dijkgraaf, Elbert - 2007
association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325538
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Mean and Bold? On Separating Merger Economies from Structural Efficiency Gains in the Drinking Water Sector
De Witte, K. - 2007
association started with a voluntary benchmarking aimed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the sector. Secondly … efficiency of these two evolutions. In particular, we adapt Free Disposal Hull (FDH) to estimate robust and conditional non …-oriented efficiency estimates. Parametric COLS (Fourier) tests show the robustness of the model with respect to the specification and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012728540
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The Cost Efficiency of Water Utilities : When Does Public Ownership Matter?
Pazzi, Silvia - 2016
This study explores the impact of different ownership types on the efficiency of the provision of water utilities … for Italy, by proposing a methodology that combines nonparametric efficiency estimation and cluster analysis. Our main … efficiency but, when size and geographical location enter the analysis, ownership has a stronger significant effect on efficiency …
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