We model the interactions between the management mode and costs of water services in order to compare their performances and pricing. We estimate those models on French panel data. We find that the choice by the local authority depends on the service costs and characteristics. There is no...

We model the interactions between management regimes (municipal vs. delegated) and operating costs of water supply services in order to compare their performance and pricing. We estimate the models from panel data in France. We show that the choice between management regimes at the local...

Seit Ausbruch der Wirtschaftskrise findet das Thema Löhne besondere Beachtung auf europäischer Ebene, wobei die Mechanismen zur Lohnfestsetzung immer mehr in den Mittelpunkt der Diskussion rücken. Insgesamt blieben die Tarifverhandlungssysteme relativ unverändert, allerdings waren in den...