Identifying network density and scale economies for Japanese water supply organizations

By F. Mizutani, T. Urakami. 2001

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The use of a variable cost function in the regulation of the Italian water industry (2001, unknown): “For instance, Kim (1987), Kim and Clarc (1988), Fabbri and Fraquelli (2000) and Mizutani and Urakami (2001) examine the existence of economies of scale based on cost model specifications which include as explanatory variables some network characteristics variables.7 The inclusion in the cost model…”
Quo vadis efficiency analysis of water distribution? A comparative literature review (2009, methodology): “Saal and Parker (2005) for the UK and Mizutani and Urakami (2001) for Japan find diseconomies of scale using datasets with similarly high average output levels.”
A Meta-Regression Analysis of Benchmarking Studies on Water Utilities Market Structure (2012, background): “Similar results were obtained for other countries, including Italy (Fabbri and Fraquelli, 2000; Fraquelli and Giandrone, 2003; and Fraquelli and Moiso, 2005), France (Garcia and Thomas, 2001), Japan (Mizutani and Urakami, 2001), South Korea (Kim and Lee, 1998) and South Africa (Tsegai et al.”
Nonparametric Benchmarking of Japanese Water Utilities: Institutional and Environmental Factors Affecting Efficiency (2014, methodology): “Those published in English that use parametric techniques are by Mizutani and Urakami (2001) and Urakami (2007).”