Provision and production reform of urban fire services: Privatization, cooperation and costs

Autor:	Bel i Queralt, Germà, 1963, Belerdas-Castro, Alejandro
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Fire fighters Local government Incendis Administració municipal Intergovernmental cooperation Municipal government Administració local Cooperació intergovernamental Bombers Fires
Zdroj:	Dipòsit Digital de la UB Universidad de Barcelona
Popis:	With the objective of expanding fire protection services to cover sparsely populated areas, an important reform has been implemented in the region of Galicia (Spain) over the two last decades, involving cooperation at county level and provincial level for service provision, and privatization of the service production. This article analyses that reform, and empirically studies whether privatization and cooperation have had any significant effect on costs incurred by the government for fire service provision. Our results suggest that cooperation is an efficient tool for expanding the service. However, we do not find a significant relationship between privatization and costs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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