Efficiency Effects of 'Privatization' in Argentina's Water and Sanitation Services

21 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2003

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Antonio Estache

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

Lourdes Trujillo

Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado; University College of London (UCL)

Date Written: May 2003

Abstract

This paper provides a 'back-of-the-envelope' assessment of the efficiency effects of the reforms of the water sector in Argentina. Private operators are now key players in 15 of Argentina's provinces. While all have adopted incentive based regulatory regimes which require estimates of economic efficiency changes, none have actually issued any estimate yet. This paper provides upper bounds estimates of efficiency gains achieved for 4 operators. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implication of the results for regulatory accounting and data collection processes by regulators in developing countries relying on incentive based regulatory systems.

Keywords: Water privatization, regulation, efficiency gains

JEL Classification: L1, L5, L95

Suggested Citation

Estache, Antonio and Trujillo-Castellano, Lourdes, Efficiency Effects of 'Privatization' in Argentina's Water and Sanitation Services (May 2003). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=412942 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.412942

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Lourdes Trujillo-Castellano

Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado ( email )

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