This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Relying on difference-in-differences estimations, we establish a...

This paper (ENV-126) was originally presented at a National Science Foundation Workshop on Alternatives to Traditional Contingent Valuation Methods in Environmental Valuation, held at Vanderbilt University, Nashville Tennessee, on October 15-16, 1998. This paper reviews the past ten years of the...

En Colombia las Empresas Municipales de Cali - EMCALI - y las Empresas Públicas de Medellín - EPM - a finales de los 80 tuvieron un desempeño financiero, operacional y administrativo comparable con las mejores empresas del sector privado colombiano y al de las más destacadas en el sector de...

O estudo de caso avaliou três experiências do modelo de prestação de serviços denominado SISAR (Sistema Integrado de Saneamento Rural), sendo dois no Ceará e um Piauí. Este modelo constitui-se em uma federação de associações comunitárias que se responsabiliza por garantir a...

The present paper explores the relationship between political competition and effective public goods delivery systems in a decentralized context to study whether the awareness generated through such a competitive environment and the existence of more political options are a part of the causal...

Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...