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Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft durch Synergie - mögliche Kooperationen bei der Wasserver- und Entsorgung: Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung der Wasserversorgungsunternehm...
Ludin, Daniela; Rahmeyer, Fritz; Wörner, Daniela - 2001
Hintergrund einer nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft den Verbrauchern finanzielle Anreize bieten, Wasser zu sparen. Das innerhalb der …, um mehr Effizienz und Effektivität im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft zu erreichen. Die Kooperation erfolgt … dabei freiwillig zwischen den agierenden Einheiten in der Wasserwirtschaft und zwar unabhängig von deren Größe oder …
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The Impact of Institutional Frameworks on Private Sector Participation in Water Supply and Sanitation: The case of the management contract for water and wastewater services in the...
Steiner, Sylvia M. - 2008
This research examines the impact of institutional frameworks on the performance of a private sector participation (PSP) arrangement in the water sector. The research takes place within the context of a development debate and practice, which identifies water as a key poverty issue in a...
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Sind die Preise für Wasserdienstleistungen der Ver- und Entsorgung in Deutschland wirklich kostendeckend?
Gawel, Erik - 2012
Art. 9 der europäischen Wasserrahmenrichtlinie trägt den Mitgliedsstaaten auf, bis 2010 die nationalen Anforderungen an die Entgelte für Wasserdienstleistungen am Prinzip der Kosten-deckung einschließlich Umwelt- und Ressourcenkosten auszurichten, um effiziente Anreize für die Nutzung...
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The Value of Flexibility in the Italian Water Service Sector: A Real Option Analysis
Moretto, Michele; D'Alpaos, Chiara - 2004
We analyze the optimal investment strategy of a monopolist which has subscribed a concession contract to provide a public utility, i.e. water service. We present a strategic model in which a monopolist chooses both the timing of the investment and the capacity. We focus not only on the value of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325014
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On the many ways Europeanization matters: the implementation of the water reform in Italy (1994-2006)
Asquer, Alberto - 2009
to contribute to this line of inquiry through the case study of the implementation of the 1994 water reform in Italy in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266013
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The ICT Revolution: Opportunities and Risks for the Mezzogiorno
Bellini, Elena; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Pinelli, Dino - 2003
The question of the spatial impacts of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has animated intellectual and policy debate for a long time. At the beginning of the 1990s the advent of the Internet brought a new surge of debate: it was argued that the Internet would free the economy from...
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Local Government Control and Efficiency of the Water Industry: An Empirical Analysis of Water Suppliers in East Germany
Haug, Peter - 2007
The paper deals with the effects of local governments' interference with business affairs of publicly owned utilities. A partial model is presented to illustrate the consequences of "democratic control" for the public managers' effort and the efficiency of local public production. To check the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269922
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The performance of German water utilities: A (semi)-parametric analysis
Zschille, Michael; Walter, Matthias - 2011
Germany's water supply industry is characterized by a multitude of utilities and widely diverging prices, possibly resulting from structural differences beyond the control of firms' management, but also from inefficiencies. In this article we use Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286287
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Wettbewerb in der Wasserwirtschaft
Schwarze, Reimund - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 81 (2001) 7, pp. 395-399
Nach den Versorgungsbereichen Telekommunikation, Strom und Gas steht die Liberalisierung der Wasserwirtschaft auf der …
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Modeling Strategic Electricity Storage: The Case of Pumped Hydro Storage in Germany
Schill, Wolf-Peter; Kemfert, Claudia - In: Energy Journal 32 (2011) 3, pp. 59-87
We study the strategic utilization of storage in imperfect electricity markets. We apply a game-theoretic Cournot model to the German power market and analyze different counterfactual and realistic cases of pumped hydro storage. Our main finding is that both storage utilization and...
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