Privatizing Public Services with Externalities: Water and Wastewater Systems

Privatizing water and wastewater systems is fundamentally different to services such as electricity due to the prevalence of externalities. This paper discusses possible methods of improving incentives without full privatization. The discussion provides a crude framework containing the contrasting recommendations of recent papers on the subject.

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Year of publication:	2000
Authors:	Roumasset, James A
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 200008 7 pages
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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