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Title: | Similar problems, different solutions: Comparing refuse collection in the Netherlands and Spain |
Author: | Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963- Fageda, Xavier, 1975- Dijkgraaf, Elbert Gradus, Raymond |
Keywords: | Recollida de residus Privatització Contractació externa Política de despeses públiques Refuse collection Privatization Contracting out Government spending policy |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
Publisher: | Universitat de Barcelona. Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IR08/15] |
Abstract: | Local public service provision can vary greatly because of differences in institutional arrangements, public service markets, and national traditions regarding government intervention. In this paper we compare the procedures adopted by the local governments of the Netherlands and Spain in arranging for the provision of solid waste collection. We find that Spain faces a consolidation problem, opting more frequently to implement policies of privatization and cooperation, at the expense of competition. By contrast, the Netherlands has, on average, larger municipalities, resorting somewhat less to privatization and cooperation, and more to competition. The two options - cooperation and competition - have their merits when striving to strike a balance between transaction costs and scale economies. The choices made in organizational reform seem to be related to several factors, among which the nature of the political system and the size of municipalities appear to be relevant. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ub.edu/irea/working_papers/2008/200815.pdf |
It is part of: | IREA – Working Papers, 2008, IR08/15 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/62330 |
ISSN: | 2014-1254 |
Appears in Collections: | Documents de treball (Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada Regional i Pública (IREA)) |
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