A Duration Model for the Estimation of the Contracting Out of Urban Water Management in Southern Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6404401 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francisco González-Gómez (0000-0002-9800-4944, Universidad de Granada), Jorge Guardiola (0000-0003-2742-0796, Universidad de Granada) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 886-906 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087408329274 |
| OpenAlex | W2033579925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 47 |
Research that tries to explain the decisions of local government in the contracting out of certain services frequently disregards the temporal dimension. In this article, the authors take time into account in the analysis, proposing a duration model as an alternative to discrete choice models. The objective is to analyze the explanatory factors in the contracting out of municipal services. This methodology is applied to the water services of 744 municipalities in southern Spain during the period from 1985 to 2006. From the results, the authors conclude that complexity in the environment, economies of scale, financial restrictions, and stability of the local government are determinants in the decision
Business · Dimension (graph theory · Duration (music · Econometrics · Economics · Estimation · Geography · Government (linguistics · Local government · Public economics · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Mathematics
Beyond the public–private controversy in urban water management in Spain
Modeling Fiscal Stress and Contracting Out in Local Government
Is time really important for research into contracting out public services in cities? Evidence for urban water management in Southern Spain
Contracting Out and Social Services
Adam Smith or Machiavelli? Political incentives for contracting out local public services
Do ideological and political motives really matter in the public choice of local services management? Evidence from urban water services in Spain
Privatisation of waste collection services in response to fiscal stress in times of crisis
Understanding the Dynamic Effect of Contracting Out on the Delivery of Local Public Services
Why Do Local Governments Privatize the Provision of Water Services? Empirical Evidence From Spain
Modeling political mimetic isomorphism versus economic and quality factors in local government privatizations
Does political ideology still matter? A meta‐analysis of government contracting decisions
Recovery Risk and Labor Costs in Public–Private Partnerships
The Timing of Managerial Responses to Fiscal Stress
Privatization pathways in Brazilian water utilities
Why Do Local Governments Resist Contracting Out
The Relationship Between Population Size and Contracting Out Public Services
Voluntary Environmental Programs in the Public Sector
Dynamic-opportunistic behaviour in local government contracting-out decisions during the electoral cycle
What have we learned from the last three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatisation
Why Do Municipalities Cooperate to Provide Local Public Services? An Empirical Analysis
Financial and Political Factors Motivating the Privatisation of Municipal Water Services
Event History Analysis
Applied Survival Analysis
Regression Analysis of Grouped Survival Data with Application to Breast Cancer Data
Contracting out by the public sector
Regression Models and Life-Tables
Ideology and Privatization Policy in Israel
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The Decision to Contract out
The use of a variable cost function in the regulation of the Italian water industry
Local Government Restructuring
Market‐based Governance and the Challenge for Rural Governments
Factors Influencing the Privatisation of Urban Solid Waste Collection in Spain
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Contract Service Firms in Local Authorities
Economies of Scale in Multi-Product Firms
The Determinants of Variations in Local Service Contracting
Applying Market Solutions to Public Services
Factors Important in Local Governments' Privatization Decisions
Private Markets, Contracts, and Government Provision
Municipal Service Provision Choices within a Metropolitan Area
Managing Markets for Public Service
Cities and Privatization
Local government reform
Local service delivery choices in Portugal
Why do local governments privatise public services? A survey of empirical studies
Water privatisation in France and Germany
The Employment Implications of Civil Service Reform in the United Kingdom
From State to Market
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |