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Intermunicipal cooperation and privatization of solid waste services among small municipalities in Spain
Bel, Germà; Mur, Melania - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of intermunicipal cooperation and privatization on the delivery costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971434
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Regulating Concessions of Toll Motorways, An Empirical Study on Fixed vs. Variable Term Contracts.
Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germa - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2007
Recent theoretical developments on concession contracts for long term infrastructure projects under uncertain demand show the benefits of allowing for flexible term contracts rather than fixing a rigid term. This study presents a simulation to compare both alternatives by using real data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977302
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Similar problems, different solutions: Comparing refuse collection in the Netherlands and Spain
Bel, Germà; Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Fageda, Xavier; Gradus, … - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2008
faces a consolidation problem, opting more frequently to implement policies of privatization and cooperation, at the expense … privatization and cooperation, and more to competition. The two options - cooperation and competition - have their merits when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059600
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Privatization and regulation of toll motorways in europe.
Albalate, Daniel; Bel, Germa; Fageda, Xavier - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2007
the recent process of privatization and its motivations. Since public ownership and regulation are substitutes for … government intervention, we check the hypothesis that highways privatization induces more strict regulation. Indeed, we observe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059616