The performance of the urban water and wastewater sectors in Australia

Utilities Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-63

  Abbott, Malcolm ^a   Cohen, Bruce ^b   Wang, Wei Chun ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Grattan Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Scale efficiency; Technical efficiency; Technological change; Total factor productivity; Water and wastewater

Indexed keywords

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84856278539     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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