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Aggregation in the Portuguese Water Industry:The Case of Retail Service Operators

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  • Sérgio Hora Lopes

    (Associação Portuguesa de Distribuidores de Água e Águas do Douro e Paiva)

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The regional aggregation of water service operators has been considered a possible solution for improving these services, for enhanced service quality and efficiency in the performance of the entities responsible for providing the service. This paper seeks to study the aggregations that have occurred in Portugal in the last decade, in addition to review some of the most recent and relevant literature published on the subject. Such recent aggregation differs significantly from first and second -generation aggregation that occurred between the late 1980s and mid -2000s, being essentially aimed at (i) integrating only water distribution operators (i.e. direct providers, also known as retail operators), and (ii) integrating smaller and less populated territories.

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  • Sérgio Hora Lopes, 2021. "Aggregation in the Portuguese Water Industry:The Case of Retail Service Operators," Notas Económicas, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra, issue 53, pages 123-142, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gmf:journl:y:2021:i:53:p:123:142
    DOI: 10.14195/2183-203X_53_8
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    1. World Bank Group, 2017. "Joining Forces for Better Services," World Bank Publications - Reports 28095, The World Bank Group.
    2. Abbott, Malcolm & Cohen, Bruce, 2009. "Productivity and efficiency in the water industry," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 17(3-4), pages 233-244, September.
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    Keywords

    Water services; aggregation of operators; direct provider; and bulk operators; Portugal;
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    JEL classification:

    • L52 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Industrial Policy; Sectoral Planning Methods
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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