全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP8415 Water Nationalization: network access, water quality, and health outcomes

G2TT

来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP8415
	DP8415 Water Nationalization: network access, water quality, and health outcomes
	Marcelo Olarreaga; Fernando Borraz; Nicolás González
发表日期	2011-06-01
出版年	2011
语种	英语
摘要	In the case of natural monopolies there tends to be a trade-off between a higher quality of output provided by private firms, and a better access for poor consumers provided by public firms. This is partly the reflection of differences in objectives by private and public firms. The former tend to be profit-driven, whereas the latter tend to base decisions on political agendas (Chong and Lopez de Silanes, 2005). The objective of this paper is to explore the impact on network access, water quality, and health outcomes of Uruguay's nationalization of water services. An important advantage of focusing on nationalization rather than privatization is that it avoids selection bias due to cherry-picking by firms or governments at the time of privatization. Indeed, nationalization in Uruguay affected all private firms, as water was declared "part of the public domain". Results suggest that the change in ownership led to an increase in the sanitation rate, as well as improvements in water quality. It was also accompanied by a decline in water-related child mortality, although this latter eect tends not to be statistically significant across most specifications.
主题	International Trade and Regional Economics
关键词	Access to sanitation Child mortality Nationalization Water quality
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp8415
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537252
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Marcelo Olarreaga,Fernando Borraz,Nicolás González. DP8415 Water Nationalization: network access, water quality, and health outcomes. 2011.