Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery

Girard, Peter; Mohr, Robert D.; Deller, Steven C.; Halstead, John M.

doi:10.1080/01900690902827267

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“…Another aspect that should be considered in analysing the relationship between fiscal stress and privatisation is the fact of interdependence between the decisions of different municipalities, due to their geographical proximity or to neighbouring diffusion patterns (Berry and Berry, 1999; Girard et al, 2009; Mohr et al, 2010). When municipalities share a regional space in conducting their activities, there is a certain interaction in the decisions taken by their respective local managers (Dahl and Hansen, 2006).…”

Section: If It’s Good Enough For My Neighbour … I’ll Privatise Toomentioning

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Privatisation of waste collection services in response to fiscal stress in times of crisis

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According to the conventional theoretical framework, fiscal stress is an explanatory factor of privatisation, since the latter can provide economies of scale and cost savings, as indicated by the theory of public choice. However, urban planning theories suggest that public choice does not take into account the collective needs of those receiving public services. The present study aims to clarify two major issues. Firstly, in the presence of fiscal stress, do public managers really privatise? And secondly, does privatisation harm the public interest? To investigate these questions, we constructed and analysed a discrete-time survival model, which was applied to the period 2000–2010, to reflect the effects of the current global financial crisis on the fiscal stress–privatisation relationship with respect to urban waste collection services. The results obtained indicate that when certain aspects of financial condition worsen, the likelihood of public services being privatised increases. This was the case during the Great Recession of 2008–2010, especially when a neighbouring municipality had previously privatised its services. After privatisation, service quality did not vary significantly, and so we conclude that public choice does not prejudice the public interest.

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Section: If It’s Good Enough For My Neighbour … I’ll Privatise Toomentioning

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Privatisation of waste collection services in response to fiscal stress in times of crisis

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“…Recent studies have also highlighted a number of important factors facilitating IMC, such as fi scal stress (Girard et al 2009;Sundell et al 2009;Zullo 2009;LeRoux and Pandey 2011), mode of service delivery (Brown et al 2008), availability of professional managers (Hefetz and Warner 2012;Bakoš et al 2021), asset specifi city (Jung and Jeong 2013), reciprocal exchange (Shrestha and Feiock 2011) and geographic distance (Mazzalay 2011). Source: Author, adapted from Kolsut (2018) and Lyakisheva and Shlegel (2017) Spatial development and population size has been noticed over time as a key factor in IMC Mur 2009, Bel andWarner 2015;Matějová et al 2017;Bel and Sebő 2021) with the majority of estimations showing that metropolitan cities have higher rates of cooperation.…”

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Inter-Regional Cooperation in Waste Management: New Trends in Moscow and the Moscow Region

Agiamoh

2021

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

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Globalization metrics rank Moscow as an alpha global city and the second most populous city in Europe. The city’s rate of urbanization and population growth has increased over the past decade triggering outward urban sprawl and the attendant need for spatial development within the city’s suburb – the Moscow Region municipality. This study focuses on internal factors and trends facilitating the need for inter-municipal waste management cooperation between the Moscow metropolis and the Moscow Region municipality. The paper reviews the policies driving this partnership and the inter-sectoral network facilitating waste management. Partnership effectiveness is evaluated via a multi-indicator approach, alongside qualitative thematic analysis comprising public surveys and the review of legal, administrative and operational documents. The findings reveal that cooperation between the municipalities is primarily driven by the convergence of socio-cultural factors, common territorial boundaries, the provision of public utilities and urban spatial constraints.

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“…The Illinois survey produced 516 responses, the Wisconsin survey produced 452 responses, and the New Hampshire survey produced 138 responses, yielding response rates of 40 percent, 73 percent, and 59 percent, respectively. Johnson and Walzer (1996, 1998), Deller, Hinds, and Hinman (2001) and Girard et al (2009) provide detailed descriptions of the survey design and implementation for each survey. Survey instruments followed identical formats across all three states; while the disparate timing of the three surveys makes it impossible to differentiate between state‐specific and year‐specific trends in the data, the survey instruments were administered with the ultimate intent of assembling a multistate data set.…”

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Alternative Methods of Service Delivery in Small and Rural Municipalities

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Halstead

2010

Public Administration Review

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Public-Private Partnerships and Cooperative Agreements in Municipal Service Delivery

Cited by 22 publications

References 28 publications

Privatisation of waste collection services in response to fiscal stress in times of crisis

Privatisation of waste collection services in response to fiscal stress in times of crisis

Inter-Regional Cooperation in Waste Management: New Trends in Moscow and the Moscow Region

Alternative Methods of Service Delivery in Small and Rural Municipalities

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