Bulletin n. 3/2011
February 2012
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo, Francisco González-Gómez, Jorge Guardiola Wanden-Berghe, Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde
    Do ideological and political motives really matter in the public choice of local services management? Evidence from urban water services in Spain
    in Public Choice , Volume 151, Numbers 1-2 ,  2012 ,  215-228
    This paper studies the influence of ideology and political motives on the choice of management for urban water services. Our contribution is two-fold. Firstly, we use a considerably more detailed set of variables to represent ideological and political motives than previous research. Secondly, the variables that explain local politicians’ decisions are observed at the time decision-making occurs, rather than at a later date. Beyond pragmatic reasons, we find that ideological and political motives also matter when explaining decisions regarding the management of water services. Furthermore, considering the time dimension of decision-making noticeably improves the explanatory power of our model.
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