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Bortolotti, Bernardo; Cambini, Carlo; Rondi, Laura - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We study the effect of state ownership on the market-to-book ratios of publicly traded European utilities observed from … 1994 to 2005. We find that when the company is subject to independent regulation, state ownership is positively associated …

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Partial Privatization and Incomplete Contracts: The Proper Scope of Government Reconsidered

Schmitz, Patrick W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

In this paper it is argued that privatization is not the only alternative to public ownership. Adopting the incomplete … contract approach, it is shown that partial privatization may well be the optimal ownership structure. While in the standard … privatization can be optimal since it mitigates the disadvantages of public ownership (no incentives to improve quality if the …

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Public-private partnerships versus traditional procurement: Innovation incentives and information gathering

Hoppe, Eva I.; Schmitz, Patrick W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

A government agency wants a facility to be built and managed to provide a public service. Two different modes of provision are considered. In a public-private partnership, the tasks of building and managing are bundled, whereas under traditional procurement, these tasks are delegated to separate...

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Competition in European Telecom Markets

Bismut, Sophie - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

In recent years, the European telecommunications market has witnessed major developments, with rapid expansion in access to telecommunications networks and a surge in the number of available services and applications. While many factors have contributed to the transformation of the...

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The Public-Private University Debate in the Higher Education Sector in Bangladesh

Wadood, Syed Naimul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Bangladesh, a developing country, traditionally had had a system of university education which was public in operation. During the early 1990s, in line with other liberalization policies, Bangladesh allowed private initiatives in university education as well. During the last decade and a half,...

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Private Provision of Water Service in Brazil: Impacts on Access and Affordability

Oliveira, Andre R de - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Brazil has been experimenting with Private Sector Participation (PSP) in the water and sanitation sector in various forms since the mid-nineties, one of the most common being concession contracts. Currently, 25% of the population is served by companies with private sector participation and this...

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Efficiency inducing taxation for polluting oligopolists: the irrelevance of privatization

Claude, Denis; Tidball, Mabel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

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Liberalization and private sector involvement in the water industry: a review of the economic literature

Antonio, Massarutto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The theoretical and empirical literature on water supply and sewerage liberalization is reviewed in this paper in order to discuss the potential for market creation and private sector involvement in this sector. The analysis is framed in the “policy roadmap” developed by regulatory economics...

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Is the U.S. Dancing to a Different Drummer?

Marcus, J. Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Is the United States in full retreat from internationally recognized regulatory best practice? Or is it instead headed toward some different destination – "dancing to the beat of a different drummer"? Where is this likely to lead?

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The effects of upcoding, cream skimming and readmissions on the Italian hospitals efficiency: a population–based investigation

Berta, P; Callea, G; Martini, G; Vittadini, G - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

ownership differences regarding upcoding. Not–for–profit hospitals have the highest readmission index. Last, not–for–profit and …

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