TY - JOUR
T1 - Cost advantage cooperations larger than private waste collectors
AU - Dijkgraaf, E.
AU - Gradus, R.H.J.M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - For refuse collection, we estimate the cost effects of different institutional modes using panel data for almost all Dutch municipalities between 1998 and 2010. The modes we consider are private enterprises, intermunicipal cooperation, municipality-owned enterprises and in-house collection. For private companies, the cost advantage becomes substantially smaller and nonsignificant if municipal fixed effects are included. The cost advantage of intermunicipal cooperation is larger in this case than that of privatization. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
AB - For refuse collection, we estimate the cost effects of different institutional modes using panel data for almost all Dutch municipalities between 1998 and 2010. The modes we consider are private enterprises, intermunicipal cooperation, municipality-owned enterprises and in-house collection. For private companies, the cost advantage becomes substantially smaller and nonsignificant if municipal fixed effects are included. The cost advantage of intermunicipal cooperation is larger in this case than that of privatization. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2012.732682
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2012.732682
M3 - Article
SN - 1350-4851
VL - 20
SP - 707
EP - 705
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
IS - 7
ER -
