Do ideological and political motives really matter in the public choice of local services management? Evidence from urban water services in Spain

Public Choice

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 215-228

  Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^a   González Gómez, Francisco ^b   Wanden Berghe, Jorge Guardiola ^b   Ruiz Villaverde, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contracting out; Decision making; Ideological and political motives; Local governments; Privatization; Public Choice; Urban water services

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755170511     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-010-9744-0     Document Type: Article

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