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Title
Nontransferable Water Rights and Technical Inefficiency in the Japanese Water Supply Industry
Creator
Creator Name
Satoh, Eiji Satoh, Eiji
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Hitotsubashi University
Editor
Contributor Name
社会科学の高度統計・実証分析拠点構築 = Research Unit for Statistical and Empirical Analysis in Social Sciences
Key Word
bootstrapped truncated regression
data envelopment analysis
technical efficiency
water rights
JEL
Q25
L51
L95
Abstract
This study examines whether the Japanese scheme of nontransferable water rights results in echnical inefficiency. Using data on 1,263 Japanese retail water suppliers for 2008, their echnical efficiency is measured employing data envelopment analysis. Next, a bootstrapped runcated regression model is specified to examine the determinants of technical efficiency. The estimation results reveal that the nontransferability of water rights leads to technical inefficiency of etail water suppliers. Furthermore, the costs of this efficiency amount to about 462 billion yen. This result suggests the government should reallocate water rights flexibly in order to ensure efficiency.
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2011-12
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series ; No. 211
Relation
Related Identifier
URI
  http://gcoe.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
Number of Pages
22
Sponsorship
グローバルCOEプログラム = Global COE Program
Appears in Collections
Global COE Hi-Stat Discussion Paper Series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/22048