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Germà Bel
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Institut de Recerca en Economia Aplicada (IREA)
School of Economics
Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain
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Working papers

  1. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font & Xavier Ros-Oton, 2023. "Paying for Protection: Bilateral Trade with an Alliance Leader and Defense Spending of Minor Partners," IREA Working Papers 202317, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Nov 2023.
  2. Germà Bel & Thomas Elston, 2023. ""Disentangling the separate and combined effects of privatization and cooperation on local government service delivery"," IREA Working Papers 202311, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2023.
  3. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & José C. Hernández-Gutiérrez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2023. "Remunicipalization of Local Public Services: Policy Drivers and Changing Prices," IREA Working Papers 202319, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2023.
  4. Germà Bel & Thomas Elston, 2022. ""When the Time is Right: Testing for Dynamic Effects in Collaborative Performance"," IREA Working Papers 202212, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2022.
  5. Germà Bel & Óscar Gasulla & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2020. "The effect of health and economic costs on governments' policy responses to COVID-19 crisis, under incomplete information," IREA Working Papers 202008, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2020.
  6. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2020. "Ensuring Stability, Accuracy and Meaningfulness in Synthetic Control Methods: The Regularized SHAP-Distance Method," IREA Working Papers 202005, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2020.
  7. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2020. "Geography and Regional Economic Growth: The high cost of deviating from nature," IREA Working Papers 202010, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2020.
  8. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2020. "Introducing and enhancing competition to improve solid waste management in Barcelona," IREA Working Papers 202004, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2020.
  9. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Lídia Farré, 2020. "An analysis on the success of privately-led job search assistance programs against social exclusion," IREA Working Papers 202002, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2020.
  10. Germà Bel & Jordi J. Teixidó, 2019. "“The Political Economy of the Paris Agreement. Income Inequality and Climate Policy”," IREA Working Papers 201915, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2019.
  11. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Eoin Reeves, 2019. "“Easier said than done: Understanding the implementation of re-municipalization decisions and associated delays.”," IREA Working Papers 201917, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2019.
  12. Germà Bel, 2019. "“Tax me, but don’t drown me in regulations: Understanding differences in corruption across the countries of Europe"," IREA Working Papers 201920, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2019.
  13. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2018. "“Do public-private partnership enabling laws increase private investment in infrastructure?”," IREA Working Papers 201815, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2018.
  14. Germà Bel & Marianna Sebo, 2018. "“Does inter-municipal cooperation really reduce delivery costs? An empirical evaluation of the role of scale economies, transaction costs, and governance arrangements”," IREA Working Papers 201816, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2018.
  15. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Albert Gragera, 2018. "“When politics and lobbyism combine to promote white elephants by using PPPs”," IREA Working Papers 201823, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2018.
  16. Sahar Awan & Germà Bel & Marc Esteve, 2018. "“The benefits of PSM: an oasis or a mirage?”," IREA Working Papers 201825, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2018.
  17. Germà Bel & Marc Esteve, 2018. "“Is Private Production of Hospital Services Cheaper than Public Production? A Meta-Regression of Public vs Private Costs and Efficiency for Hospitals”," IREA Working Papers 201824, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2018.
  18. Germá-Bel & Maximilian Holst, 2016. "“A two-Sided coin: Disentangling the economic effects of the 'War on drugs' in Mexico”," IREA Working Papers 201611, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2016.
  19. Germá-Bel & Stephan Josep, 2016. "“Climate Change Mitigation and the Role of Technologic Change: Impact on selected headline targets of Europe’s 2020 climate and energy package ”," IREA Working Papers 201612, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2016.
  20. Germà Bel & Maximilian Holst, 2015. "“Evaluation of the Impact of Bus Rapid Transit on Air Pollution”," IREA Working Papers 201519, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2015.
  21. Germà Bel & Mildred E. Warner, 2015. "“Factors Explaining Inter-municipal Cooperation in Service Delivery: A Meta-Regression Analysis”," IREA Working Papers 201521, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2015.
  22. Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2015. "“Political connections, corruption, and privatization of public services: Evidence from contracting out water services in Spain”," IREA Working Papers 201515, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2015.
  23. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Richard R. Geddes, 2015. "“Strong versus Weak Vertical Integration: Contractual Choice and PPPs in the United States”," IREA Working Papers 201518, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2015.
  24. Germà Bel & Stephan Joseph, 2015. "“Certificate Oversupply in the European Union Emission Trading System and its Impact on Technological Change”," IREA Working Papers 201520, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2015.
  25. Daniel Albalate & Germá Bel, 2015. "La experiencia internacional en alta velocidad ferroviaria," Working Papers 2015-02, FEDEA.
  26. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2014. "“When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”," IREA Working Papers 201409, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Mar 2014.
  27. Germà Bel & Stephan Joseph, 2014. "“Industrial Emissions Abatement: Untangling the Impacts of the EU ETS and the Economic Crisis”," IREA Working Papers 201422, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2014.
  28. Germà Bel & Raymond Gradus, 2014. "“Effects of unit-based pricing on the waste collection demand: a meta-regression analysis”," IREA Working Papers 201420, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2014.
  29. Germà Bel & Jordi Rosell, 2014. "“Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs”," IREA Working Papers 201418, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised May 2014.
  30. Germà Bel & Catalina Bolancé & Montserrat Guillén & Jordi Rosell, 2014. "The environmental effects of changing speed limits: a quantile regression approach," Working Papers XREAP2014-09, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Dec 2014.
  31. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2013. "“When supply travels far beyond demand: Institutional and regulatory causes of oversupply in Spain’s transport infrastructure”," IREA Working Papers 201312, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2013.
  32. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2012. "“Beyond pure public and pure private management models: Mixed firms in the European Airport Industry”," IREA Working Papers 201221, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2012.
  33. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2012. "“The determinants of contractual choice for private involvement in infrastructure projects in the United States”," IREA Working Papers 201220, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2012.
  34. Germà Bel, 2012. "Local Government Size and Efficiency in Capital Intensive Services: What Evidence is There of Economies of Scale, Density and Scope?," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1215, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
  35. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2012. "“Recovery Risk and Labor Costs in Public-Private-Partnerships: Contractual Choice in the U.S. Water industry”," IREA Working Papers 201222, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2012.
  36. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2011. "Privatization and PPPS in transportation infrastructure: Network effects of increasing user fees," IREA Working Papers 201110, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2011.
  37. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda & Melania Mur, 2011. "Why do municipalities cooperate to provide local public services? An empirical analysis," IREA Working Papers 201118, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2011.
  38. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda & Melania Mur, 2011. "Privatization, cooperation and costs of solid waste services in small towns," IREA Working Papers 201111, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jul 2011.
  39. Germà Bel, 2010. "Infrastructure and nation building: The regulation and financing of network transportation infrastructures in Spain (1720-2010)," IREA Working Papers 201016, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Sep 2010.
  40. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2010. "Does privatization spur regulation?Evidence from the regulatory reform of European airports," IREA Working Papers 201004, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2010.
  41. Germà Bel, 2010. "From public to private: Fascist privatization in 1920s Italyç," Working Papers 10014, Economic History Society.
  42. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2010. "Speed limit laws in America: Economics, politics and geography," IREA Working Papers 201002, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jan 2010.
  43. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2010. "Is it Redistribution or Centralization? On the Determinants of Government Investment in Infrastructure," Working Papers XREAP2010-15, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Dec 2010.
  44. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Joan Calzada, 2010. "Urban transport governance reform in Barcelona," IREA Working Papers 201009, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2010.
  45. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2010. "High-Speed Rail:Lessons for Policy Makers from Experiences Abroad," IREA Working Papers 201003, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2010.
  46. Bel, Germa, 2009. "Servicios locales, infraestructura y transporte: dimensión, escala, redes e instituciones de gobernanza," Research Department working papers 197, CAF Development Bank Of Latinamerica.
  47. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2009. "Factors explaining urban transport systems in large European cities: A cross-sectional approach," IREA Working Papers 200905, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2009.
  48. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda & Melania Mur, 2009. "¿Por qué se privatizan servicios en los municipios (pequeños)?Evidencia empírica sobre residuos sólidos y agua," IREA Working Papers 200908, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2009.
  49. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain," IREA Working Papers 200907, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2009.
  50. Germà Bel & Ferran Elias-Moreno, 2009. "Institutional Determinants of Military Spending," IREA Working Papers 200922, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2009.
  51. Germa Bel, 2009. "From Public to Private: Privatization in 1920's Fascist Italy," RSCAS Working Papers 2009/46, European University Institute.
  52. Germà Bel, 2009. "The First Privatization Policy In A Democracy: Selling State-Owned Enterprises In 1948-1950 Puerto Rico," IREA Working Papers 200915, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jun 2009.
  53. Germa Bel, 2009. "THE FIRST PRIVATIZATION: SELLING SOEs AND PRIVATIZING PUBLIC MONOPOLIES IN FASCIST ITALY (1922-1925)," Working Papers in Economics 235, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  54. Germá Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Factors Explaining Charges in European Airports: Competition, Market Size, Private Ownership and Regulation," Working Papers 2009-31, FEDEA.
  55. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Intercontinental Fligths From European Airports: Towards Hub Concentration Or Not?," IREA Working Papers 200906, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2009.
  56. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda & Mildred E. Warner, 2009. "Is Private Production of Public Services Cheaper than Public Production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services," IREA Working Papers 200923, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Oct 2009.
  57. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Privatization, Regulation And Airport Pricing: An Empirical Analysis For Europe," RSCAS Working Papers 2009/27, European University Institute.
  58. Germa Bel & Daniel Albalate, 2009. "What shapes local public transportation in Europe? Economics, Mobility, Institutions, and Geography," RSCAS Working Papers 2009/34, European University Institute.
  59. Germà Bel & Elbert Dijkgraaf & Xavier Fageda & Raymond Gradus, 2008. "Similar problems, different solutions: Comparing refuse collection in the Netherlands and Spain," IREA Working Papers 200815, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Nov 2008.
  60. Xavier Fageda & Germa Bel, 2008. "Local privatization, intermunicipal cooperation,transaction costs and political interests: Evidence from Spain," IREA Working Papers 200804, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2008.
  61. Xavier Fageda & Germa Bel, 2008. "Choosing hybrid organizations for local servicesdelivery: An empirical analysis of partial privatization," IREA Working Papers 200803, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Apr 2008.
  62. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2008. "Privatization and competition in the delivery of local services: An empirical examination of the dual market hypothesis," Working Papers XREAP2008-04, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Apr 2008.
  63. Daniel Albalate & Germa Bel, 2008. "Motorways, tolls and road safety.Evidence from European Panel Data," IREA Working Papers 200802, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Feb 2008.
  64. Germà Bel & Melania Mur, 2008. "Intermunicipal cooperation and privatization of solid waste services among small municipalities in Spain," IREA Working Papers 200816, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2008.
  65. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2008. "Tourism and urban transport: Holding demand pressure under supply constraints," Working Papers XREAP2008-14, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Dec 2008.
  66. Daniel Albalate & Germa Bel, 2008. "Shaping urban traffic patterns through congestion charging: What factors drive success or failure?," IREA Working Papers 200801, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Jan 2008.
  67. Germà Bel & John Foote, 2007. "Comparison of Recent Toll Road Concession Transactions in the United States and France," Working Papers XREAP2007-11, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Nov 2007.
  68. Daniel Albalate & Germa Bel, 2007. "Regulating Concessions of Toll Motorways, An Empirical Study on Fixed vs. Variable Term Contracts," IREA Working Papers 200706, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Mar 2007.
  69. Daniel Albalate & Germa Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2007. "Privatization and regulation of toll motorways in europe," IREA Working Papers 200704, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Mar 2007.
  70. Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 2006. "Against the mainstream: Nazi privatization in 1930s Germany," Working Papers in Economics 162, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  71. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2006. "Factors explaining local privatization: A meta-regression analysis," Working Papers CREAP2006-03, Xarxa de Referència en Economia Aplicada (XREAP), revised Oct 2006.
  72. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2005. "Preventing competition because of “solidarity”: Rhetoric and reality of airport investments in Spain," Public Economics 0511012, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  73. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2005. "Getting there fast: Globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters," Urban/Regional 0511008, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  74. Germa Bel & Antonio Miralles, 2004. "Machiavellian Taxation? The political economy of public service financing," Public Economics 0409013, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  75. Germa Bel & Anton Costas, 2004. "Do public sector reforms get rusty? An empirical analysis on privatization of solid waste collection," Public Economics 0409014, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  76. Germa Bel & Francesc Trillas, 2004. "Privatization, Corporate Control and Regulatory Reform: The case of Telefonica," Finance 0409053, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  77. Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 2003. "Una exploracion completa de los costes de servicio de residuos solidos," Working Papers in Economics 107, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  78. Germa Manel Bel Queralt & Antonio Miralles, 2002. "Factors influencing privatization of urban solid waste collection: some evidence from Spain," Working Papers in Economics 74, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  79. Bel, Germà & Costas, Antón, 2000. "Privatización y posprivatización de servicios públicos: riesgos regulatorios e impuestos ocultos: el caso de España," Seminarios y Conferencias 6879, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
  80. Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 1999. "Share issue privatization and political objectives: do governments make a difference?," Working Papers in Economics 56, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  81. Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 1997. "Privatizacion y ofertas publicas de venta en Espana: costes indirectos y directos de la privatizacion," Working Papers in Economics 22, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.
  82. Germa Manel Bel Queralt, 1996. "Autovias y ferrocarriles: un modelo para evaluar efectos intermodales de la politica de infaestructuras," Working Papers in Economics 1, Universitat de Barcelona. Espai de Recerca en Economia.

Articles

  1. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & Mazaira-Font, Ferran A. & Ros-Oton, Xavier, 2024. "Paying for protection: bilateral trade with an alliance leader and defense spending of minor partners," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 223(C), pages 234-247.
  2. Germà Bel & Thomas Elston & Marc Esteve & Ole Helby Petersen, 2024. "Local government reform beyond privatization and amalgamation: advances in the analysis of inter-municipal cooperation," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(2), pages 125-139, April.
  3. Germà Bel & Mattia Casula, 2024. "Re-organizing the service-delivery machine in a “post-NPM” era: a shopping-basket approach?," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(9), pages 2561-2585, September.
  4. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Eoin Reeves, 2024. "Extent and dynamics of the remunicipalisation of public services," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 663-676, July.
  5. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & José C. Hernández-Gutiérrez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2024. "Changing prices after the reform of local public services: remunicipalization versus privatization," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 65(1), pages 1-26, June.
  6. Germà Bel & Ivo Bischoff & Sara Blåka & Mattia Casula & Jakub Lysek & Pawel Swianiewicz & António F. Tavares & Bart Voorn, 2023. "Styles of inter-municipal cooperation and the multiple principal problem: a comparative analysis of European Economic Area countries," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(2), pages 422-445, March.
  7. Thomas Elston & Germà Bel, 2023. "Does inter-municipal collaboration improve public service resilience? Evidence from local authorities in England," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(4), pages 734-761, April.
  8. Óscar Gasulla & Germà Bel & Ferran A Mazaira-Font, 2023. "Ideology, political polarisation and agility of policy responses: was weak executive federalism a curse or a blessing for COVID-19 management in the USA?," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 16(1), pages 151-166.
  9. Bel, Germà & Esteve, Marc, 2022. "Resilient managed competition during pandemics: lessons from the Italian experience," Health Economics, Policy and Law, Cambridge University Press, vol. 17(2), pages 220-223, April.
  10. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Eoin Reeves, 2022. "Are we there yet? Understanding the implementation of re-municipalization decisions and their duration," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(6), pages 951-974, June.
  11. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira‐Font, 2022. "Geography and regional economic growth: The high cost of deviating from nature," Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(2), pages 360-388, March.
  12. Germà Bel & Alejandro Belerdas-Castro, 2022. "Provision and production reform of urban fire services: privatization, cooperation and costs," Public Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(9), pages 1331-1354, September.
  13. Germà Bel & Stephan Joseph & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2022. "The effects of moratoriums on hotel building: an anti-tourism measure, or rather protection for local incumbents?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(14), pages 1319-1324, August.
  14. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & González-Gómez, Francisco & Picazo-Tadeo, Andrés J., 2022. "Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
  15. Germà Bel, 2022. "Beyond government size: Types of government intervention and corruption," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 16(4), pages 1174-1196, October.
  16. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Albert Gragera, 2022. "Mobility, environment and inequalities in the post-COVID city [Trade-offs between short-term mortality attributable to NO2 and O3 changes during the COVID-19 lockdown across major Spanish cities]," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 15(3), pages 459-475.
  17. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Ferran A. Mazaira-Font, 2021. "Decoupling synthetic control methods to ensure stability, accuracy and meaningfulness," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 12(4), pages 549-584, December.
  18. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2021. "Politicians, bureaucrats and the public–private choice in public service delivery: anybody there pushing for remunicipalization?," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 361-379, July.
  19. Judith Clifton & Mildred E. Warner & Raymond Gradus & Germà Bel, 2021. "Re-municipalization of public services: trend or hype?," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(3), pages 293-304, July.
  20. Bel, Germà, 2020. "Public versus private water delivery, remunicipalization and water tariffs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
  21. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2020. "Do Public-Private-Partnership-Enabling Laws Increase Private Investment in Transportation Infrastructure?," Journal of Law and Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 63(1), pages 43-70.
  22. Daniel, Albalate & Germà, Bel & Albert, Gragera, 2019. "Politics, risk, and white elephants in infrastructure PPPs," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 158-165.
  23. Germà Bel & Xavier Cuadras‐Morató & Toni Rodon, 2019. "Crisis? What crisis? Economic recovery and support for independence in Catalonia," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(5), pages 833-848, November.
  24. Germà Bel & Raymond Gradus, 2018. "Privatisation, contracting-out and inter-municipal cooperation: new developments in local public service delivery," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(1), pages 11-21, January.
  25. Germà Bel & Robert Hebdon & Mildred Warner, 2018. "Beyond privatisation and cost savings: alternatives for local government reform," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(2), pages 173-182, March.
  26. Germà Bel & Ringa Raudla & Miguel Rodrigues & António F. Tavares, 2018. "These rules are made for spending: testing and extending the law of 1/n," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 174(1), pages 41-60, January.
  27. Bel, Germà & Joseph, Stephan, 2018. "Climate change mitigation and the role of technological change: Impact on selected headline targets of Europe's 2020 climate and energy package," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 82(P3), pages 3798-3807.
  28. Germà Bel & Maximilian Holst, 2018. "Assessing the effects of the Mexican Drug War on economic growth: An empirical analysis," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 85(1), pages 276-303, July.
  29. Bel, Germà & Holst, Maximilian, 2018. "Evaluation of the impact of Bus Rapid Transit on air pollution in Mexico City," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 209-220.
  30. Beria, Paolo & Grimaldi, Raffaele & Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà, 2018. "Delusions of success: Costs and demand of high-speed rail in Italy and Spain," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 63-79.
  31. Bel, Germà & Joseph, Stephan, 2018. "Policy stringency under the European Union Emission trading system and its impact on technological change in the energy sector," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 434-444.
  32. Bel, Germà & Rosell, Jordi, 2017. "The impact of socioeconomic characteristics on CO2 emissions associated with urban mobility: Inequality across individuals," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 251-261.
  33. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2017. "Weakening political connections by means of regulatory reform: Evidence from contracting out water services in Spain," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 52(2), pages 211-235, October.
  34. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2017. "What have we learned from the last three decades of empirical studies on factors driving local privatisation?," Local Government Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 43(4), pages 503-511, July.
  35. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2017. "How Much Vertical Integration? Contractual Choice and Public–Private Partnerships in the United States," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 51(1), pages 25-42, August.
  36. Bel, Germà & Bel-Piñana, Paula & Rosell, Jordi, 2017. "Myopic PPPs: Risk allocation and hidden liabilities for taxpayers and users," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 147-156.
  37. Bel, Germà & Gradus, Raymond, 2016. "Effects of unit-based pricing on household waste collection demand: A meta-regression analysis," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 169-182.
  38. Germà Bel & Mildred E. Warner, 2016. "Factors explaining inter-municipal cooperation in service delivery: a meta-regression analysis," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 91-115, April.
  39. Germà Bel & Jordi Rosell, 2016. "Public and Private Production in a Mixed Delivery System: Regulation, Competition and Costs," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 533-558, June.
  40. Rouhani, Omid M. & Geddes, R. Richard & Gao, H. Oliver & Bel, Germà, 2016. "Social welfare analysis of investment public–private partnership approaches for transportation projects," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 86-103.
  41. Rouhani, Omid M. & Niemeier, Debbie & Gao, H. Oliver & Bel, Germà, 2016. "Cost-benefit analysis of various California renewable portfolio standard targets: Is a 33% RPS optimal?," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 1122-1132.
  42. Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J Picazo-Tadeo, 2015. "Does market concentration affect prices in the urban water industry?," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 33(6), pages 1546-1565, December.
  43. Bel, Germà & Joseph, Stephan, 2015. "Emission abatement: Untangling the impacts of the EU ETS and the economic crisis," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 531-539.
  44. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & Fageda, Xavier, 2015. "When supply travels far beyond demand: Causes of oversupply in Spain's transport infrastructure," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 80-89.
  45. Daniel Albalate & Germ� Bel & R. Richard Geddes, 2015. "The determinants of contractual choice for private involvement in infrastructure projects," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 87-94, January.
  46. Bel Germà & Fageda Xavier & E. Mildred, 2014. "Is private production of public services cheaper than public production? A meta-regression analysis of solid waste and water services," Public administration issues, Higher School of Economics, issue 3, pages 103-140.
  47. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2013. "Market power, competition and post-privatization regulation: Evidence from changes in regulation of European airports," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 123-141.
  48. Germà Bel & Francisco González-Gómez & Andrés J. Picazo-Tadeo, 2013. "The dynamics of privatization and regulation of water services: a comparative study of two Spanish regions," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 373-384, September.
  49. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà & Elias, Ferran, 2012. "Institutional determinants of military spending," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 279-290.
  50. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà, 2012. "Speed limit laws in America: The role of geography, mobility and ideology," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 46(2), pages 337-347.
  51. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Joan Calzada, 2012. "Governance and regulation of urban bus transportation: Using partial privatization to achieve the better of two worlds," Regulation & Governance, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 6(1), pages 83-100, March.
  52. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2012. "Beyond the efficiency-equity dilemma: Centralization as a determinant of government investment in infrastructure," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(3), pages 599-615, August.
  53. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2012. "Motorways, tolls and road safety: evidence from Europe," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 3(4), pages 457-473, December.
  54. Germà Bel, 2011. "The first privatisation: selling SOEs and privatising public monopolies in Fascist Italy (1922--1925)," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 35(5), pages 937-956.
  55. Germá Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2011. "La reforma del modelo de gestión de aeropuertos en España: ¿Gestión conjunta o individual?," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 196(1), pages 109-130, january.
  56. Germà Bel, 2011. "Infrastructure and nation building: The regulation and financing of network transportation infrastructures in Spain (1720--2010)," Business History, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(5), pages 688-705, August.
  57. Bel, Germà, 2011. "The first privatisation policy in Latin America: selling state-owned enterprises in 1948-1950 Puerto Rico," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 29(2), pages 157-182, July.
  58. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel, 2011. "Cuando La Economía No Importa: Auge Y Esplendor De La Alta Velocidad En España," Revista de Economia Aplicada, Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Estructura Economica y Economia Publica, vol. 19(1), pages 171-190, Spring.
  59. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà, 2010. "Tourism and urban public transport: Holding demand pressure under supply constraints," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 31(3), pages 425-433.
  60. Germà Bel & Antonio Miralles, 2010. "Choosing between Service Fees and Budget Funding to Pay for Local Services: Empirical Evidence from Spain," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 28(1), pages 54-71, February.
  61. Germa Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2010. "Intercontinental Flights From European Airports: Towards Hub Concentration Or Not?," Articles, International Journal of Transport Economics, vol. 37(2).
  62. Germà Bel, 2010. "Against the mainstream: Nazi privatization in 1930s Germany1," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 63(1), pages 34-55, February.
  63. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà, 2010. "What shapes local public transportation in Europe? Economics, mobility, institutions, and geography," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(5), pages 775-790, September.
  64. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda & Melania Mur, 2010. "¿Por qué se privatizan servicios en los municipios (pequeños)? Evidencia empírica sobre residuos sólidos y agua," Hacienda Pública Española / Review of Public Economics, IEF, vol. 192(1), pages 33-58, March.
  65. Bel, Germà & Fageda, Xavier, 2010. "Empirical analysis of solid management waste costs: Some evidence from Galicia, Spain," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 54(3), pages 187-193.
  66. Germa Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Preventing competition because of 'solidarity': rhetoric and reality of airport investments in Spain," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(22), pages 2853-2865.
  67. Germa Bel & Laia Domenech, 2009. "What Influences Advertising Price in Television Channels?: An Empirical Analysis on the Spanish Market," Journal of Media Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(3), pages 164-183.
  68. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2009. "Factors explaining local privatization: a meta-regression analysis," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 139(1), pages 105-119, April.
  69. Albalate, Daniel & Bel, Germà, 2009. "Regulating concessions of toll motorways: An empirical study on fixed vs. variable term contracts," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 219-229, February.
  70. Germà Bel & Joan Calzada, 2009. "Privatization and Universal Service Obligations," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 165(4), pages 650-669, December.
  71. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2008. "Reforming the local public sector: economics and politics in privatization of water and solid waste," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 45-65.
  72. Germà Bel & John Foote, 2008. "Tolls, Terms and Public Interest in Road Concessions Privatization: A Comparative Analysis of Recent Transactions in the USA and France," Transport Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(3), pages 397-413, August.
  73. Germà Bel & Mildred Warner, 2008. "Challenging Issues in Local Privatization," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 26(1), pages 104-109, February.
  74. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2008. "Getting there fast: globalization, intercontinental flights and location of headquarters," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 8(4), pages 471-495, July.
  75. Bel, Germà & Warner, Mildred, 2008. "Does privatization of solid waste and water services reduce costs? A review of empirical studies," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 52(12), pages 1337-1348.
  76. Germa Bel & Joan Calzada, 2007. "Access Pricing to a Digital Broadcasting Platform," Journal of Media Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 29-53.
  77. Germá Bel, 2006. "Retrospectives: The Coining of "Privatization" and Germany's National Socialist Party," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 20(3), pages 187-194, Summer.
  78. Bel, Germi & Fageda, Xavier, 2005. "Is a Mixed Funding Model for the Highway Network Sustainable Over Time The Spanish Case," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(1), pages 187-203, January.
  79. Bel, Germà & Trillas, Francesc, 2005. "Privatization, corporate control and regulatory reform: the case of Telefonica," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 25-51, February.
  80. Germà Bel & Antonio Miralles, 2003. "Factors Influencing the Privatisation of Urban Solid Waste Collection in Spain," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 40(7), pages 1323-1334, June.
  81. Bel, Germa, 2003. "Confidence building and politics in privatization: some evidence from Spain," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 78(1), pages 9-16, January.
  82. Germa Bel, 2002. "Privatization: public offerings and political objectives," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(11), pages 1421-1432.
  83. Bel, Gema, 1998. "Privatization on the stock market: Sale at one go or sale in tranches?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 113-117, January.
  84. Bel, Germà, 1997. "Changes in travel time across modes and its impact on the demand for inter-urban rail travel," Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 43-52, March.

Chapters

  1. Milagros Álvarez-Verdugo & Germà Bel, 2024. "Provision and production of public services by local governments," Chapters, in: Claudia N. Avellaneda & Ricardo A. Bello-Gómez (ed.), Handbook on Subnational Governments and Governance, chapter 4, pages 42-55, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Daniel Albalate & Germà Bel & Paula Bel-Pi√±ana, 2022. "Evaluation of the safety performance of PPPs versus publicly funded and managed motorways in Spain," Chapters, in: Stefan Verweij & Ingmar van Meerkerk & Carter B. Casady (ed.), Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships, chapter 8, pages 184-205, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Germà Bel, 2013. "Local government size and efficiency in capital-intensive services: what evidence is there of economies of scale, density and scope?," Chapters, in: Santiago Lago-Peñas & Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (ed.), The Challenge of Local Government Size, chapter 6, pages 148-170, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  4. Germà Bel, 2008. "Refuse Collection in Spain: Privatization, Intermunicipal Cooperation, and Concentration," Springer Books, in: E. Dijkgraaf & R.H.J.M. Gradus (ed.), The Waste Market, chapter 0, pages 83-100, Springer.
  5. Germà Bel & Xavier Fageda, 2007. "Airport Management and Airline Competition in OECD Markets," Contributions to Economics, in: Pablo Coto-Millán & Vicente Inglada (ed.), Essays on Transport Economics, chapter 11, pages 159-181, Springer.

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  1. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (32) 2004-09-30 2005-11-19 2007-05-12 2007-11-24 2008-02-09 2008-02-09 2008-04-15 2008-04-29 2008-05-31 2008-12-14 2009-01-03 2009-04-13 2009-04-13 2009-04-13 2009-04-13 2009-07-11 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2010-07-31 2011-01-23 2011-10-15 2012-04-03 2012-07-14 2013-06-09 2014-03-22 2015-10-04 2018-07-23 2020-08-17 2023-11-13 2024-01-08. Author is listed
  2. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (20) 2004-09-30 2004-09-30 2006-11-25 2007-01-28 2007-03-24 2007-03-24 2007-05-12 2008-04-15 2008-05-31 2008-11-25 2008-12-14 2009-10-17 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2010-04-17 2010-07-31 2011-01-23 2012-04-03 2013-01-07 2014-06-07. Author is listed
  3. NEP-REG: Regulation (13) 2004-09-30 2007-03-24 2007-03-24 2009-07-11 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2010-07-31 2011-07-21 2013-06-09 2014-06-07 2014-11-22 2016-11-06 2024-01-08. Author is listed
  4. NEP-GEO: Economic Geography (11) 2004-09-30 2005-11-19 2008-02-09 2008-05-31 2008-12-14 2009-01-03 2009-04-13 2010-02-20 2010-02-20 2011-01-23 2012-04-03. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (8) 2004-09-30 2006-11-25 2007-01-28 2009-07-03 2010-01-16 2010-02-20 2012-07-14 2023-12-18. Author is listed
  6. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (7) 2009-04-13 2011-07-21 2014-11-22 2015-10-04 2015-10-04 2016-11-06 2019-10-14. Author is listed
  7. NEP-TRE: Transport Economics (7) 2012-07-14 2013-01-07 2013-01-07 2013-06-09 2014-03-22 2015-10-04 2018-07-23. Author is listed
  8. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (6) 2010-02-20 2014-11-22 2015-10-04 2015-10-04 2016-11-06 2019-10-14. Author is listed
  9. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (6) 2013-01-07 2013-06-09 2014-03-22 2014-11-22 2015-10-04 2020-02-03. Author is listed
  10. NEP-EEC: European Economics (5) 2005-11-19 2008-02-09 2009-04-13 2009-04-13 2016-11-06. Author is listed
  11. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (5) 2004-09-30 2008-05-31 2009-10-17 2010-02-20 2015-06-27. Author is listed
  12. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (3) 2008-04-29 2009-07-11 2020-05-11
  13. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (3) 2015-06-27 2015-10-04 2020-05-11
  14. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (3) 2013-01-07 2015-10-04 2018-07-23
  15. NEP-TUR: Tourism Economics (3) 2005-11-19 2009-01-03 2009-04-13
  16. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (2) 2012-04-03 2018-10-15
  17. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2020-05-11 2020-05-11
  18. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (2) 2008-02-09 2020-07-13
  19. NEP-INO: Innovation (2) 2015-10-04 2016-11-06
  20. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (2) 2008-04-29 2009-07-11
  21. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2004-05-02
  22. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2015-10-04
  23. NEP-CSE: Economics of Strategic Management (1) 2014-06-07
  24. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (1) 2020-08-17
  25. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2020-03-02
  26. NEP-MKT: Marketing (1) 2009-07-11
  27. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-05-11
  28. NEP-PKE: Post Keynesian Economics (1) 2023-12-18
  29. NEP-PUB: Public Finance (1) 2013-01-07
  30. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (1) 2015-10-04

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