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  1. Paying for protection: bilateral trade with an alliance leader and defense spending of minor partners

    Article • Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, July 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  2. Disentangling the separate and combined effects of privatization and cooperation on local government service delivery

    Article • Public Administration, April 2024, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  3. Local government reform beyond privatization and amalgamation: advances in the analysis of inter-municipal cooperation

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  4. Provision and production of public services by local governments

    Article • March 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  5. Re-organizing the service-delivery machine in a “post-NPM” era: a shopping-basket approach?

    Article • Public Management Review, February 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  6. E-Government and provision of public services: economic, social, and political determinants of citizen complaints

    Article • International Public Management Journal, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  7. When the time is right: testing for dynamic effects in collaborative performance

    Article • Public Management Review, May 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  8. Intermunicipal cooperation: an assessment of drivers and effects

    Article • January 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  9. The Unequal Distribution of Consequences of Contracting Out: Female, Low-skilled, and Young Workers Pay the Highest Price

    Article • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  10. Ideology, political polarisation and agility of policy responses: was weak executive federalism a curse or a blessing for COVID-19 management in the USA?

    Article • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  11. Trends and comparisons of outcomes between public and privately owned utilities

    Article • July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  12. Mobility, environment and inequalities in the post-COVID city

    Article • Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  13. Styles of inter-municipal cooperation and the multiple principal problem: a comparative analysis of European Economic Area countries

    Article • Local Government Studies, May 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  14. Dynamics of intergroup conflict and attitudes towards outgroup members: evidence from terrorist and secession conflicts

    Article • Politics Groups and Identities, March 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  15. Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain

    Article • Utilities Policy, February 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  16. Does inter-municipal collaboration improve public service resilience? Evidence from local authorities in England

    Article • Public Management Review, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  17. Geography and regional economic growth: The high cost of deviating from nature

    Article • Journal of Regional Science, October 2021, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  18. Decoupling synthetic control methods to ensure stability, accuracy and meaningfulness

    Article • SERIEs, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  19. The Effect of Health and Economic Costs on Governments’ Policy Responses to COVID‐19 Crisis under Incomplete Information

    Article • Public Administration Review, June 2021, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  20. Re-municipalization of local public services: incidence, causes and prospects

    Article • International Review of Administrative Sciences, June 2021, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  21. The effects of moratoriums on hotel building: an anti-tourism measure, or rather protection for local incumbents?

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, May 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  22. Beyond government size: Types of government intervention and corruption

    Article • Regulation & Governance, April 2021, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  23. Provision and production reform of urban fire services: privatization, cooperation and costs

    Article • Public Management Review, February 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  24. Are we there yet? Understanding the implementation of re-municipalization decisions and their duration

    Article • Public Management Review, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  25. The costs of corporatization: Analysing the effects of forms of governance

    Article • Public Administration, January 2021, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  26. (Re)Municipalisation

    Article • May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  27. Re-municipalization of public services: trend or hype?

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, November 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  28. Crisis? What crisis? Economic recovery and support for independence in Catalonia

    Article • Regional Science Policy & Practice, November 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  29. It Depends on What You Share: The Elusive Cost Savings from Service Sharing

    Article • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, September 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  30. Is Private Production of Hospital Services Cheaper than Public Production? A Meta-Regression of Public Versus Private Costs and Efficiency for Hospitals

    Article • International Public Management Journal, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  31. Politics, risk, and white elephants in infrastructure PPPs

    Article • Utilities Policy, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  32. Does Inter-Municipal Cooperation Really Reduce Delivery Costs? An Empirical Evaluation of the Role of Scale Economies, Transaction Costs, and Governance Arrangements

    Article • Urban Affairs Review, April 2019, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  33. Do government formation deadlocks really damage economic growth? Evidence from history's longest period of government formation impasse

    Article • Governance, April 2019, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  34. Delusions of success: Costs and demand of high-speed rail in Italy and Spain

    Article • Transport Policy, September 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  35. Assessing the effects of the Mexican Drug War on economic growth: An empirical analysis

    Article • Southern Economic Journal, August 2018, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  36. Policy stringency under the European Union Emission trading system and its impact on technological change in the energy sector

    Article • Energy Policy, June 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  37. Evaluation of the impact of Bus Rapid Transit on air pollution in Mexico City

    Article • Transport Policy, April 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  38. Climate change mitigation and the role of technological change: Impact on selected headline targets of Europe's 2020 climate and energy package

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, February 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  39. Beyond privatisation and cost savings: alternatives for local government reform

    Article • Local Government Studies, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  40. Privatisation, contracting-out and inter-municipal cooperation: new developments in local public service delivery

    Article • Local Government Studies, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  41. These rules are made for spending: testing and extending the law of 1/n

    Article • Public Choice, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  42. Myopic PPPs: Risk allocation and hidden liabilities for taxpayers and users

    Article • Utilities Policy, October 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  43. Weakening political connections by means of regulatory reform: Evidence from contracting out water services in Spain

    Article • Journal of Regulatory Economics, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  44. The impact of socioeconomic characteristics on CO 2 emissions associated with urban mobility: Inequality across individuals

    Article • Energy Economics, May 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  45. What have we learned from the last three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatisation?

    Article • Local Government Studies, March 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  46. Editorial statement

    Article • Local Government Studies, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  47. Cost-benefit analysis of various California renewable portfolio standard targets: Is a 33% RPS optimal?

    Article • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  48. How Much Vertical Integration? Contractual Choice and Public–Private Partnerships in the United States

    Article • Review of Industrial Organization, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  49. Evaluating High-Speed Rail

    Article • August 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  50. Social welfare analysis of investment public–private partnership approaches for transportation projects

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  51. The desired and undesired effects of infrastructure and transport policy reforms: An introduction

    Article • Case Studies on Transport Policy, June 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  52. Effects of unit-based pricing on household waste collection demand: A meta-regression analysis

    Article • Resource and Energy Economics, May 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  53. Public-Private Partnerships: Infrastructure, Transportation and Local Services

    Article • April 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  54. Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, March 2016, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel, Jordi Rosell

  55. Does market concentration affect prices in the urban water industry?

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, December 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  56. Factors explaining inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery: a meta-regression analysis

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, October 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  57. When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain's transport infrastructure

    Article • Transport Policy, July 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  58. The environmental effects of changing speed limits: A quantile regression approach

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  59. Emission abatement: Untangling the impacts of the EU ETS and the economic crisis

    Article • Energy Economics, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  60. Risk Mitigation and Sharing in Motorway PPPs: A Comparative Policy Analysis of Alternative Approaches

    Article • Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  61. Competition and cooperation between high-speed rail and air transportation services in Europe

    Article • Journal of Transport Geography, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  62. The determinants of contractual choice for private involvement in infrastructure projects

    Article • Public Money & Management, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  63. INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION AND COSTS: EXPECTATIONS AND EVIDENCE

    Article • Public Administration, July 2014, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  64. Editorial Overview: Symposium on Mixed and Hybrid Models of Public Service Delivery

    Article • International Public Management Journal, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  65. Beyond Pure Public and Pure Private Management Models: Partial Privatization in the European Airport Industry

    Article • International Public Management Journal, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  66. The dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services: a comparative study of two Spanish regions

    Article • International Journal of Water Resources Development, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  67. Effects of the 80km/h and variable speed limits on air pollution in the metropolitan area of barcelona

    Article • Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  68. Market power, competition and post-privatization regulation: Evidence from changes in regulation of European airports

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  69. Public–Private Partnerships: Infrastructure, Transportation and Local Services

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel, Professor Rui Cunha Marques

  70. Recovery Risk and Labor Costs in Public–Private Partnerships: Contractual Choice in the US Water Industry

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  71. Why Do Municipalities Cooperate to Provide Local Public Services? An Empirical Analysis

    Article • Local Government Studies, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  72. Joint versus single management of large transport infrastructures

    Article • Ocean & Coastal Management, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  73. Estimating potential long-haul air passenger traffic in national networks containing two or more dominant cities

    Article • Journal of Transport Geography, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  74. Does Cooperation Reduce Service Delivery Costs? Evidence from Residential Solid Waste Services

    Article • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, December 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  75. Institutional determinants of military spending

    Article • Journal of Comparative Economics, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  76. High-Speed Rail: Lessons for Policy Makers from Experiences Abroad

    Article • Public Administration Review, March 2012, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  77. Speed limit laws in America: The role of geography, mobility and ideology

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, February 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  78. Beyond the efficiency-equity dilemma: Centralization as a determinant of government investment in infrastructure*

    Article • Papers of the Regional Science Association, January 2012, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  79. Governance and regulation of urban bus transportation: Using partial privatization to achieve the better of two worlds

    Article • Regulation & Governance, November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel, Joan Calzada Aymerich

  80. Infrastructure and nation building: The regulation and financing of network transportation infrastructures in Spain (1720–2010)

    Article • Business History, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  81. The first privatisation policy in Latin America: selling state-owned enterprises in 1948-1950 Puerto Rico

    Article • Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, July 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Germà Bel

  82. Motorways, tolls and road safety: evidence from Europe

    Article • SERIEs, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  83. Big Guys Eat Big Cakes: Firm Size and Contracting in Urban and Rural Areas

    Article • International Public Management Journal, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  84. The first privatisation: selling SOEs and privatising public monopolies in Fascist Italy (1922-1925)

    Article • Cambridge Journal of Economics, February 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  85. La racionalización de las infraestructuras de transporte en España

    Article • Cuadernos Económicos de ICE, December 2010, MINECO

    Professor Germà Bel

  86. What shapes local public transportation in Europe? Economics, mobility, institutions, and geography

    Article • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, September 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  87. Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services

    Article • Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, June 2010, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  88. Tourism and urban public transport: Holding demand pressure under supply constraints

    Article • Tourism Management, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  89. SIMILAR PROBLEMS, DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS: COMPARING REFUSE COLLECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS AND SPAIN

    Article • Public Administration, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  90. Against the mainstream: Nazi privatization in 1930s Germany1

    Article • The Economic History Review, February 2010, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  91. Partial Privatisation in Local Services Delivery: An Empirical Analysis of the Choice of Mixed Firms

    Article • Local Government Studies, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  92. Choosing between Service Fees and Budget Funding to Pay for Local Services: Empirical Evidence from Spain

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2010, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  93. Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  94. Managing Competition in City Services: The Case of Barcelona

    Article • Journal of Urban Affairs, December 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  95. Privatization and Universal Service Obligations

    Article • Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE, December 2009, Mohr Siebeck

    Professor Germà Bel, Joan Calzada Aymerich

  96. Privatization, regulation and airport pricing: an empirical analysis for Europe

    Article • Journal of Regulatory Economics, November 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  97. Intermunicipal cooperation, privatization and waste management costs: Evidence from rural municipalities

    Article • Waste Management, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  98. Preventing competition because of ‘solidarity’: rhetoric and reality of airport investments in Spain

    Article • Applied Economics, October 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  99. What Influences Advertising Price in Television Channels?: An Empirical Analysis on the Spanish Market

    Article • Journal of Media Economics, August 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  100. What Local Policy Makers Should Know about Urban Road Charging: Lessons from Worldwide Experience

    Article • Public Administration Review, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  101. How to compete for a place in the world with a hand tied behind your back: The case of air transport services in Girona

    Article • Tourism Management, August 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  102. Tolls, Terms and Public Interest in Road Concessions Privatization: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Transactions in the USA and France

    Article • Transport Reviews, May 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  103. Privatization and Regulatory Reform of Toll Motorways in Europe

    Article • Governance, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  104. Regulating concessions of toll motorways: An empirical study on fixed vs. variable term contracts

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  105. Factors explaining local privatization: a meta-regression analysis

    Article • Public Choice, November 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  106. Does privatization of solid waste and water services reduce costs? A review of empirical studies

    Article • Resources Conservation and Recycling, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  107. COMPETITION OR MONOPOLY? COMPARING PRIVATIZATION OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE US AND SPAIN

    Article • Public Administration, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Germà Bel

  108. Reforming the local public sector: economics and politics in privatization of water and solid waste

    Article • Journal of Economic Policy Reform, March 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  109. Challenging Issues in Local Privatization

    Article • Environment and Planning C Government and Policy, January 2008, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  110. Getting there fast: globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters

    Article • Journal of Economic Geography, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Germà Bel

  111. Local government reform: Privatisation and its alternatives

    Article • Local Government Studies, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  112. Why do local governments privatise public services? A survey of empirical studies

    Article • Local Government Studies, August 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  113. Access Pricing to a Digital Broadcasting Platform

    Article • Journal of Media Economics, March 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  114. Access Pricing to a Digital Broadcasting Platform

    Article • Journal of Media Economics, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel, Joan Calzada Aymerich

  115. Retrospectives: The Coining of “Privatization” and Germany's National Socialist Party

    Article • Journal of Economic Perspectives, June 2006, American Economic Association

    Professor Germà Bel

  116. Do Public Sector Reforms Get Rusty? Local Privatization in Spain

    Article • The Journal of Policy Reform, March 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  117. Against the Mainstream: Nazi Privatization in 1930s Germany

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  118. Factors Explaining Local Privatization: A Meta-Regression Analysis

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  119. Privatization, corporate control and regulatory reform: the case of Telefonica

    Article • Telecommunications Policy, February 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  120. Is a Mixed Funding Model for the Highway Network Sustainable Over Time? The Spanish Case

    Article • Research in Transportation Economics, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  121. Factors Influencing the Privatisation of Urban Solid Waste Collection in Spain

    Article • Urban Studies, June 2003, SAGE Publications

    Professor Germà Bel

  122. Confidence building and politics in privatization: some evidence from Spain

    Article • Economics Letters, January 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  123. Privatization: public offerings and political objectives

    Article • Applied Economics, July 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Germà Bel

  124. Changes in travel time across modes and its impact on the demand for inter-urban rail travel

    Article • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Germà Bel

  125. Comment VIII

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  126. Machiavellian Taxation? The Political Economy of Public Service Financing

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  127. Getting There Fast: Globalization, Intercontinental Flights and Location of Headquarters

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  128. Refuse Collection in Spain: Privatization, Intermunicipal Cooperation, and Concentration

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  129. Airport Management and Airline Competition in OECD Markets

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Germà Bel

  130. Tourism and Urban Transport: Holding Demand Pressure Under Supply Constraints

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  131. Do Public Sector Reforms Get Rusty? An Empirical Analysis on Privatization of Solid Waste Collection

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  132. Preventing Competition because of Solidarity: Rhetoric and Reality of Airport Investments in Spain

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  133. Transferencias Fiscales Interregionales en España: ¿Quién Paga y Quién No (Interregional Fiscal Transfers in Spain: Who Pays and Who Does Not?)

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  134. Privatization and Competition in the Delivery of Local Services: An Empirical Examination of the Dual Market Hypothesis

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  135. Comparison of Recent Toll Road Concession Transactions in the United States and France

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  136. Is it Redistribution or Centralization? On the Determinants of Government Investment in Infrastructure

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, Social Science Electronic Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  137. Transport infrastructure failures in Spain: mismanagement and incompetence, or political capture?

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel

  138. Local government size and efficiency in capital-intensive services: what evidence is there of economies of scale, density and scope?

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Professor Germà Bel