COMPETITION OR MONOPOLY? COMPARING PRIVATIZATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE US AND SPAIN

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Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services (2010, background): “However, considerable industry concentration has been seen in the waste sector over the last 20 years (Bel & Costas, 2006; Davies, 2007; Dijkgraaf & Gradus, 2008; Warner & Bel, 2008).”
Contracting or Public Delivery? The Importance of Service, Market and Management Characteristics (2012, background): “Lack of competition undermines the potential for cost savings (Bel and Warner 2008; Bel et al. 2010; Warner and Bel 2008).”
Government Contracts and “Managing the Market” (2012, background): “…(Johnston & Romzek, 1999), competition for many local government contracts is often surprisingly weak (Amirkhanyan, 2007; Fernandez, 2009; Warner & Bel, 2008; Johnston et al., 2004); Hefetz and Warner (2011) conclude that on average, there are fewer than two (1.67) alternative providers…”
Factors explaining local privatization: a meta-regression analysis (2009, unknown): “The fact is that small municipalities in many European countries use inter-municipal cooperation more frequently than small towns do in the US (Bel and Fageda 2008; Dijkgraaf and Gradus 2007; Warner and Bel 2008).”