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Title: | Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain |
Author: | Albalate, Daniel, 1980- Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- González Gómez, Francisco Picazo Tadeo, Andrés José |
Keywords: | Distribució de l'aigua Política hidràulica Privatització Legislació Distribution of water Water politics Privatization Legislation |
Issue Date: | Feb-2022 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Abstract: | This paper studies the dynamics of concentration in the Spanish market for the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in the 2000-2020 period. The market is highly concentrated. Concentration increased until 2007, at which point it started to decline when Law 30/2007 on Public Sector Contracts and Organic Law 8/2007 on Politi-cal Party Financing were passed; before rising again from 2016 onwards. This latter trend results from strategic behaviour by the two leading operators, acquiring smaller compa-nies with a notable presence in some regional markets. Further legislative reforms aimed at safeguarding space for competition are thus proposed. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2021.101302 |
It is part of: | Utilities Policy, 2022, vol. 74, num. 101302 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/182473 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2021.101302 |
ISSN: | 0957-1787 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada) |
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