Is the time dimension really important in research into contracting out?

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29177
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Guardiola, Jorge; González Gómez, Francisco José; García Rubio, Miguel Ángel
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Universidad de Granada. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales
Materia
Water utilities
 
Contracting out
 
Privatization
 
Public services
 
Local government
 
Date
2008
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Guardiola, J.; González Gómez, F.; García Rubio, M.A. Is the time dimension really important in research into contracting out?. Universidad de Granada, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (2008). (FEG-WP; 2/08). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/29177]
Abstract
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 attempt to evaluate if the argument of Bel and Fageda is true. We do this by means of two methodological contrasts in the designing of variables from a dataset containing 744 municipalities in Southern Spain. From our empirical analysis, we conclude that the consideration of the time dimension does contribute to a better specification of the model, and not considering it could lead to a misunderstanding of the motivation behind the decision.
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