Tariffs and efficient performance by water suppliers: An empirical approach

Water Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 854-864

  Hernandez Sancho F ^a   Molinos Senante, M ^a   Sala Garrido, R ^a   Del Saz Salazar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benchmarking methodology; Cost efficiency; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Urban water systems; Water leaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870484264     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2012.154     Document Type: Article

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