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Title: | Urban transport governance reform in Barcelona |
Author: | Albalate, Daniel, 1980- Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- Calzada, Joan |
Keywords: | Política de transports Autobusos Serveis públics Transportation and state Buses Public utilities |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IR10/09] |
Abstract: | The unusual mixed public-private structure of the urban bus market in the metropolitan area of Barcelona provides an interesting context in which to analyze the management challenges and opportunities of the partial privatization of public services. Initiatives used by the public regulator to promote competition for contracts, such as short term concessions to private contractors and the removal of entry barriers, have considerable potential for improving efficiency and quality. The growth in the share of routes managed by private firms in recent years shows that privatization is a credible threat that may well stimulate improved performance among public managers. The type of reform implemented in Barcelona is of interest to all metropolitan areas large enough to operate under constant returns to scale regimes, and suitable for potential concessions of routes in segregated areas inside the metropolitan area, so as not to miss out on the benefits of economies of density. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2010/201009.pdf |
It is part of: | IREA – Working Papers, 2010, IR10/09 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/58975 |
ISSN: | 2014-1254 |
Appears in Collections: | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) |
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