The periodical re-auction of a water monopoly concession causes the danger of underinvestment. If the life-time of … specific assets such as water pipes exceeds the contract length and transferring the ownership of assets is difficult, the … incumbent franchisee faces a hold-up problem. Using a simple auction model that considers the specifics of the piped water …

covers 84 Commonwealth, State and Territory government businesses involved in electricity, water, urban transport, rail …

-metropolitan areas over the last decade. It specifically examines electricity, gas, water and sewerage, urban transport, ports, railways …

Due to the increasing discussion about liberalisation in the piped water industry municipal authorities in several … European countries consider modifications of their water utilities’ structure such as legal constitution, business objectives … water utilities as welfare or profit maximising companies when assuming the introduction of competition in the market based …

and cross boarder trade in the piped water market. We argue that due to the specific circumstances in the water sector … networks could alternatively be used for cross boarder trade between neighboured water utilities. We show that competition by …

This paper reports on the construction of an International Water Poverty Index, part of the first phase of a research … project into building a locally based version of the index. The purpose of the Water Poverty Index is to express an … interdisciplinary measure which links household welfare with water availability and indicates the degree to which water scarcity impacts …

There are significant differences in the way water rights are defined, allocated and administered in Australia and … overseas. This paper includes comparisons of the arrangements for managing water rights against accepted best practice …