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How to get increasing competition in the Dutch refuse collection market?

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  • Dijkgraaf, E.

    (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie (Free University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics Sciences, Business Administration and Economitrics)

  • Gradus, R.H.J.M.

Abstract

For the refuse collection market, it is well-known that concentration increases prices and offsets the advantage of contracting out. The presence of competing public firms might be essential to ensure fair competition. In this paper we show that the increasing competition by public firms deceases prices and can be essential.

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  • Dijkgraaf, E. & Gradus, R.H.J.M., 2007. "How to get increasing competition in the Dutch refuse collection market?," Serie Research Memoranda 0019, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.
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