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Does market concentration affect prices in the urban water industry?

Published:2015-12 Issue:6 Volume:33 Page:1546-1565
ISSN:0263-774X
Container-title:Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ Plann C Gov Policy

Author:

Bel Germà¹,González-Gómez Francisco²,Picazo-Tadeo Andrés J³

Affiliation:

1. Universitat de Barcelona and GiM-IREA, Spain

2. Universidad de Granada and Institute of Water Research, Spain

3. Universidad de Valencia and INTECO Joint Research Unit, Spain

Abstract

This paper analyzes the relationship between market concentration in the private segment of the water industry and water prices with a sample of municipalities located in the Southern Spanish region of Andalusia. In doing so, several Heckman sample selection models are estimated with the main finding being that market concentration increases the price of water for residential use charged by private companies. The main policy recommendation is that urban water service privatization must be accompanied by the appropriate regulatory and institutional frameworks to promote competition among businesses and monitor water pricing.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Public Administration,Environmental Science (miscellaneous),Geography, Planning and Development

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0263774X15614144

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