The ‘social choice’ of privatising urban water services: A case study of Madrid in Spain

Alberto Ruiz-Villaverde, Andres Picazo-Tadeo and Francisco González-Gómez

Journal of Policy Modeling, 2015, vol. 37, issue 4, 616-629

Abstract: In countries where privatisation is permitted by law, policymakers usually provide different reasons of general interest to allow private companies to manage water services. However, these decisions often provoke intense political debate and are at times opposed by citizens. We illustrate how the Analytic Hierarchy Process can be used to introduce a political analysis regarding the management of water services. We analyse the recent decision taken by the Regional Government of Madrid (Spain) to part-privatise the management of water services. Our main result suggests that policymakers should reconsider the importance of citizen participation in the management of water services.

Keywords: Urban water services; Privatisation; Decision-making; Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); C6; H83; L33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2015.04.005

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