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INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND COSTS: EXPECTATIONS AND EVIDENCE by BEL, GERMÀ, WARNER, MILDRED E.

“…Austerity and fiscal crisis make the search for cost‐saving reforms in local government more critical. While cost savings from privatization have frequently…”
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Evaluation of the impact of Bus Rapid Transit on air pollution in Mexico City by Bel, Germà, Holst, Maximilian

“…Mexico City's bus rapid transit (BRT) network, Metrobus, was introduced in an attempt to reduce congestion, increase city transport efficiency and cut air…”
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Policy stringency under the European Union Emission trading system and its impact on technological change in the energy sector by Bel, Germà, Joseph, Stephan

“…In this study, we use patent count data for overall Climate Change Mitigation Technologies, and for those related to energy production and distribution to…”
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Factors explaining inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery: a meta-regression analysis by Bel, Germà, Warner, Mildred E.

“…Inter-municipal cooperation is an important public service delivery reform, whose drivers move beyond simple concerns with costs and economic efficiency, to…”
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Climate change mitigation and the role of technological change: Impact on selected headline targets of Europe's 2020 climate and energy package by Bel, Germà, Joseph, Stephan

“…The European Union launched a set of policies as part of its 2020 climate and energy package aimed at meeting its 20/20/20 headline targets for smart,…”
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Does Cooperation Reduce Service Delivery Costs? Evidence from Residential Solid Waste Services by Bel, Germà, Fageda, Xavier, Mur, Melania

“…The main objective of this work is to examine whether small municipalities can reduce costs through cooperation and delegation. We first examine factors…”
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Privatisation, contracting-out and inter-municipal cooperation: new developments in local public service delivery by Bel, Germà, Gradus, Raymond

“…We briefly review recent advances in the empirical analysis of the privatisation and inter-municipal cooperation of local public services and discuss the…”
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The impact of socioeconomic characteristics on CO2 emissions associated with urban mobility: Inequality across individuals by Bel, Germà, Rosell, Jordi

“…Concerns about the unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to mobility are gaining increasing attention in scholarly analyses as well as…”
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Beyond privatisation and cost savings: alternatives for local government reform by Bel, Germà, Hebdon, Robert, Warner, Mildred

“…Unsatisfactory results from privatisation have caused local governments to seek alternative reforms. Inter-municipal cooperation, mixed public/private delivery…”
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Effects of unit-based pricing on household waste collection demand: A meta-regression analysis by Bel, Germà, Gradus, Raymond

“…•Elasticity variation can largely be explained by pricing compostables and on weight.•There are some indications that elasticities based on municipal data are…”
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Delusions of success: Costs and demand of high-speed rail in Italy and Spain by Beria, Paolo, Grimaldi, Raffaele, Albalate, Daniel, Bel, Germà

“…Mismatches between forecasted and actual costs and traffic figures are common in transport investments, especially in large scale ones, and so are delusions of…”
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Is Private Production of Hospital Services Cheaper than Public Production? A Meta-Regression of Public Versus Private Costs and Efficiency for Hospitals by Bel, GermÀ, Esteve, Marc

“…The question of whether private organizations can outperform public ones in public service delivery has been a major topic of interest over the last few…”
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Do government formation deadlocks really damage economic growth? Evidence from history's longest period of government formation impasse by Albalate, Daniel, Bel, Germà

“…Several countries have experienced lengthy periods of government formation deadlock in recent years, as they have sought to form a new government. This study…”
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Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs by Bel, Germà, Rosell, Jordi

“…Academics and policymakers are increasingly shifting the debate concerning the best form of public service provision beyond the traditional dilemma between…”
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Cost-benefit analysis of various California renewable portfolio standard targets: Is a 33% RPS optimal? by Rouhani, Omid M., Niemeier, Debbie, Gao, H. Oliver, Bel, Germà

“…Renewable portfolio standards (RPSs׳) require a certain fraction of the electricity generated for a given region be produced from renewable resources…”
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Effects of the 80 km/h and variable speed limits on air pollution in the metropolitan area of barcelona by BEL, Germà, ROSELL, Jordi

“…In 2008 the regional government of Catalonia (Spain) reduced the maximum speed limit on several stretches of congested urban motorway in the Barcelona…”
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Assessing the Effects of the Mexican Drug War on Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis by Bel, Germà, Holst, Maximilian

“…Mexican President Felipe Calderón took office in December 2006. From the outset, his government deployed an aggressive security policy to fight drug…”
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Myopic PPPs: Risk allocation and hidden liabilities for taxpayers and users by Bel, Germà, Bel-Piñana, Paula, Rosell, Jordi

“…Drawing on evidence from three case studies, we show how the State's Financial Liability has worked in assigning risk in large PPP contracts in Spain. Project…”
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Public versus private water delivery, remunicipalization and water tariffs by Bel, Germà

“…Evidence regarding the drivers and the effects of remunicipalization remains in short supply. In this paper we exploit existing analyses of earlier historical…”
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How Much Vertical Integration? Contractual Choice and Public–Private Partnerships in the United States by Albalate, Daniel, Bel, Germà, Geddes, R. Richard

“…Efficiency gains in public–private partnerships (PPP) derive from risk transfer and the bundling of different tasks. We study the factors that explain bundling…”
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