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作者

Bernardino Benito;Úrsula Faura;María-Dolores Guillamón;Ana-María Ríos

来源

CITIES,Vol.93,Issue1,Pages 95-103

语言

英文

关键字

Efficiency;Drinking water provision;DEA;Local governments;Small municipalities

作者单位

Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Finance and Public Sector Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain;Department of Finance and Public Sector Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, University of Murcia, 30100-Espinardo (Murcia), Spain

摘要

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.