What have we learnt after three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatization?

Scholarly empirical studies on factors that motivate local privatization have greatly grown in the last decade. As well, having available better and more comprehensive databases, and using more refined empirical techniques have made possible to enhance our understanding of the dynamics of local priv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963-, Fageda, Xavier, 1975-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/111611
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/111611
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Privatització
Contractació externa
Empirisme
Administració local
Serveis municipals
Privatization
Contracting out
Empiricism
Local government
Municipal services
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Sumario:Scholarly empirical studies on factors that motivate local privatization have greatly grown in the last decade. As well, having available better and more comprehensive databases, and using more refined empirical techniques have made possible to enhance our understanding of the dynamics of local privatization, particularly in many European countries. The influence of fiscal stress, cost considerations - scale economies as well as transaction costs -, and political partisan interests is usually confirmed. Furthermore, ideological attitudes appear to be more influential than they seemed to be, particularly when considering social services, rather than the technical ones.