Italys first Fascist government applied a large-scale privatization policy between 1922 and 1925. The government … private firms to build and operate motorways. While ideological considerations may have had a certain influence, privatization … and the Partito Nazionale Fascista. Privatization also contributed to balancing the budget, which was the core objective …

services. By cooperating, scale economies can be achieved with lower transaction costs and fewer concerns for competition than …

This article analyzes hospital privatization by comparing costs and quality between different ownership forms. We put …. We observe that property rights theory is fulfilled at least for the Spanish hospital market. The way that Heath …

This paper analyzes the cost implications of privatization and cooperation in the provision of solid waste services for … privatization in saving costs. Both production forms can enable small municipalities to cut costs by exploiting scale economies … competition problems would seem to account for the fact that it is a more effective way of reducing costs. …

countries, none of which systematically reprivatized firms during the 1930s. Privatization in Nazi Germany was also unique in … transferred to private ownership belonged to diverse sectors. Privatization was part of an intentional policy with multiple … financial restrictions were a central motivation. In addition, privatization was used as a political tool to enhance support for …

This paper conducts an empirical analysis of the relationship between privatization and regulation drawing on data from … a wide sample of European airports. We find that privatization promotes a shift from basic regulation to a situation of … more detailed or non-regulation, depending on the specific characteristics of the privatization process and on the type of …

countries, none of which systematically reprivatized firms during the 1930s. Privatization in Nazi Germany was also unique in … transferred to private ownership belonged to diverse sectors. Privatization was part of an intentional policy with multiple … financial restrictions were a central motivation. In addition, privatization was used as a political tool to enhance support for …

This research is developed within the general framework of the study on privatization costs. Analysing the costs … basis of our results, we can evaluate the financial efficiency of the privatization through PO's in Spain, and suggest …

Several empirical studies have analyzed the factors that influence local privatization. Variables related to fiscal … intermunicipal cooperation as a potential alternative to privatization in order to exploit scale economies or scope economies. We … privatization (that is, contracting out to a private firm) is less common for water distribution than for solid waste collection …