TY - CHAP AU - Guardiola, Jorge AU - González Gómez, Francisco José AU - García Rubio, Miguel Ángel PY - 2009 SN - 978-84-691-8950-4 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29155 AB - In a recent study into the literature, Bel and Fageda (2007) highlighted the lack of the time dimension in research dealing with explanatory factors in the decision to contract out municipal services. In this paper we attemp to evaluate if the... LA - eng KW - Water utilities KW - Contracting out KW - Privatization KW - Public services KW - Local government TI - Is the time diemnsion really important in research into contracting out? ER -