Dynamic efficiency in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry

Pointon, Charlotte and Matthews, Kent ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-3098 2016. Dynamic efficiency in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry. Omega 58 , pp. 86-96. 10.1016/j.omega.2015.04.001

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Abstract

The English and Welsh water and sewerage industry is characterised by indivisible capital which has a long service life. Previous studies of efficiency for the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry take a static framework, assuming all inputs can be adjusted instantaneously. This paper measures dynamic efficiency by incorporating intertemporal links of capital within the production function for the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry for the period 1997–2011. Dynamic Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) considers capital as a quasi-fixed input and is modelled as a contemporaneous output into current production and an input from past production. The results show that the inadequate intertemporal allocation of quasi-fixed inputs is the largest contributor of inefficiency.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dynamic efficiency; Water and sewage industry; DEA; Intertemporal allocation
Additional Information:	Available online 17 April 2015
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0305-0483
Date of Acceptance:	5 April 2015
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2022 09:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/74642

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