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Germà Bel
Researcher at University of Barcelona
Publications - 211
Citations - 8106
Germà Bel is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Government & Economies of scale. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 202 publications receiving 7164 citations. Previous affiliations of Germà Bel include Cornell University & Barcelona Graduate School of Economics.
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Are we there yet? Understanding the implementation of re-municipalization decisions and their duration
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse how service characteristics and institutional factors affect the decision to re-municipalize and the implementation of the re-localization process in a city.
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Joint versus single management of large transport infrastructures
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the factors explaining the joint management of ports and airports and find that joint management is more likely in the smallest and largest cities, and less likely in medium-sized cities.
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Factors Explaining Local Privatization: A Meta-Regression Analysis
Germà Bel,Xavier Fageda +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-regression analysis of the factors explaining the decision to privatize local services is presented. And the results indicate that significant relationships are very dependent upon the characteristics of the studies.
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La experiencia internacional en alta velocidad ferroviaria
Daniel Albalate,Germà Bel +1 more
TL;DR: The presente informe muestra que la alta velocidad es una tecnologia de transporte con presencia internacional pero esta enormemente concentrada en Europa occidental y Asia oriental, aunque existen importantes diferencias in cuanto a dotacion as discussed by the authors.
Between privatization and intermunicipalcooperation: Small municipalities, scaleeconomies and transaction costs
Germà Bel,Xavier Fageda +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the use of intermunicipal cooperation as a possible mechanism for small municipalities to deliver efficient local services is analyzed, and the authors propose an approach to improve the efficiency of local services.