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Une estimation des coûts d'efficience des tarifs actuels des services publics de l'eau en France

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  • Simon Porcher

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As first noticed by Coase [1946], a standard result in utility regulation is that efficiency requires two-part tariffs with marginal prices set to marginal costs and fixed fees equal to each customer?s share of fixed costs. Residential water customers in France face marginal prices for water that average about 8 % more than marginal costs. Under price elasticity estimates that are consistent with previous results in the literature, efficiency costs represent around 8 million euros of welfare losses for 2008. Even though the distortion is fairly small, consumers could benefit from these efficiency gains. Classification JEL: D21, D82, L33, L95.

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  • Simon Porcher, 2013. "Une estimation des coûts d'efficience des tarifs actuels des services publics de l'eau en France," Revue économique, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 64(3), pages 551-560.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:recosp:reco_643_0551
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    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • L33 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Comparison of Public and Private Enterprise and Nonprofit Institutions; Privatization; Contracting Out
    • L95 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Gas Utilities; Pipelines; Water Utilities

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