Why do local governments privatise public services? A survey of empirical studies

By G. Bel, Xavier Fageda. 2007

301 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. M. Warner
2. G. Bel
3. A. Hefetz
4. Xavier Fageda
5. E. Vigoda-Gadot
6. M. Mur
7. Amanda M. Girth
8. J. Johnston

In Political Science and International Relations

1. M. Warner
2. G. Bel
3. Xavier Fageda
4. A. Hefetz
5. E. Vigoda-Gadot
6. Elbert Dijkgraaf
7. Raymond Gradus
8. Amanda M. Girth

In Strategy and Management

1. M. Warner
2. G. Bel
3. Xavier Fageda
4. A. Hefetz
5. E. Vigoda-Gadot
6. Jered B. Carr
7. Amanda M. Girth
8. J. Johnston

Citations in the corpus

• Factors explaining local privatization: a meta-regression analysis (2009, background): “However, this type of estimation does not necessarily explain the motivations for privatization ( Bel and Fageda 2007 ), as the decisions to privatize or not were made before the data were collected.”
• What have we learned from the last three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatisation? (2017, methodology): “In Bel and Fageda (2007), we reviewed a preliminary version dated 2006.”
• Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services (2010, background): “Costs are a driving factor in the decision concerning the form of service delivery (Bel & Fageda, 2007).”
• Insourcing and Outsourcing (2012, background): “A constellation of factors including nature of local markets, management expertise, and political preferences are also important in determining the level of contracting to the private sector (Bel & Fageda, 2007; Hefetz & Warner, 2012).”
• Privatization and Intermunicipal Contracting: The US Local Government Experience 1992–2007 (2012, background): “Local government studies in both the US and Europe have found that political interests are more salient than ideology in the decision on service delivery choices (Bel and Fageda, 2007; Fitch, 2007).”
• Contracting or Public Delivery? The Importance of Service, Market and Management Characteristics (2012, background): “Early enthusiasm is now replaced by a broader set of concerns, and in practice, governments embrace a more pragmatic approach (Bel et al. 2007; Bel and Fageda 2007; Boyne et al. 2002; Brown et al. 2006; Hebdon and Jallete 2008).”