Modelling environmental constraints on the efficiency of management forms for public service delivery

Gemma Pérez-López; Diego Prior; José L Zafra-Gómez

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.007

Modelling environmental constraints on the efficiency of management forms for public service delivery

Waste Manag. 2021 May 1:126:443-453. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.007. Epub 2021 Apr 6.

Authors

Gemma Pérez-López¹, Diego Prior², José L Zafra-Gómez³

Affiliations

¹ University of Granada, Accounting and Finance Department, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, Box 18071, Spain. Electronic address: gemmapl@ugr.es.
² Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Department of Business, Facultad de Empresa, Campus de Bellaterra, Box 08193, Spain. Electronic address: Diego.prior@uab.es.
³ Universidad de Granada, Accounting and Finance Department, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Campus de Cartuja, s/n, Box 18071, Spain. Electronic address: jlzafra@ugr.es.

PMID: 33836395
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.03.007

Abstract

This paper presents a new non-parametric methodology in which robust frontiers are used to measure the impact of environmental constraints on efficiency. In this approach, a data panel structure is applied to determine which management forms for the delivery of municipal services - public or private, in cooperation or individual - are best suited to the environment where the services are provided. The study method proposed is then applied to analyse the waste collection service provided in Spanish municipalities during the period 2002-2014. The results obtained show that of the management forms considered inter-municipal cooperation adapts best to heterogeneous environmental conditions.

Keywords: Conditional efficiency; Data panel; Environmental factors; Waste collection.

MeSH terms

Cities
Efficiency
Refuse Disposal*
Solid Waste / analysis
Waste Management*

Substances

Solid Waste