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A Duration Model for the Estimation of the Contracting Out of Urban Water Management in Southern Spain

University of Granada

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	Abstract

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.

First published on December 24, 2008, doi:10.1177/1078087408329274

Urban Affairs Review 2009;44:886.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2009


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