The question non longer is if more competition should be introduced in the German water and sewerage sector. The issue rather is what kind of competition ought to be implemented. There are mainly three different approaches: Competition in the Market; Competition for the Market and the...

Due to recent legislation, Benchmarking in the German water and sewerage sector will be introduced as widely as possible. Under certain conditions this decision by the German Bundestag might help to improve the efficiency of the industry. I will define two sets of conditions. First, a useful...

There is a lack of competition in the German water and sewerage sector. According to economic theory levels of service can be expected to be inefficient. I will check this hypothesis and therefore take a closer look at various categories of levels of service. In analysing the internet pages of...

Due to recent legislation, Benchmarking in the German water and sewerage sector will be introduced as widely as possible. Under certain conditions this decision by the German Bundestag might help to improve the efficiency of the industry. I will define two sets of conditions. First, a useful...

There is a lack of competition in the German water and sewerage sector. According to economic theory levels of service can be expected to be inefficient. I will check this hypothesis and therefore take a closer look at various categories of levels of service. In analysing the internet pages of...

The question non longer is if more competition should be introduced in the German water and sewerage sector. The issue rather is what kind of competition ought to be implemented. There are mainly three different approaches: Competition in the Market; Competition for the Market and the...

In den Bereich der öffentlichen Haushaltswirtschaft, der ehedem fest in die Zuständigkeit der kameralistischen Buchhaltung fiel, dringen seit einer Reihe von Jahren Bestandteile des kaufmännischen Rechnungswesens ein. Ausgangspunkt dieser Entwicklung ist die Kritik, dass das kameralistische...

Seit Beginn der 90er Jahre des vorigen Jahrhunderts gibt es eine immer stärker werdende Entwicklung zur Reform der öffentlichen Verwaltung (vgl. Bähr/Hieber 2002: 7). Im Blickpunkt der Diskussion um ein neues ressourcenorientiertes Haushalts- und Rechnungswesen stehen insbesondere die...

Schon im Jahr 1951 urteilte der damalige Finanzminister eines deutschen Bundeslandes über die kamerale Buchführung: Wer rechnet heute noch kameralistisch? (...) Kaufleute behaupten, man könne mit ihr wohl das Verhältnis von Einnahmen zu Ausgaben ermitteln, aber den Erfolg der...