Publication details
Má konkurenční prostředí vliv na výdaje obcí na nakládání s KO v ČR?
| Title in English | Does the competitive environment influence municipal solid waste management (MSW) expenditures in the Czech Republic? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Waste forum |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Management and administrative |
| Keywords | waste management; competitiveness; efficiency; municipal solid waste management expenditure; cartel |
| Description | The paper analyses competitive environment of the waste management area. The Pardubice region and the period 2008-2012 were chosen for the analysis. Authors built on the research conducted in the South Moravian region over the years 2007-2011. That research did not confirmed theoretically expected influence of competitive environment onto municipalities expenditures on the waste management. One possible explanation could stem from an existence of significant distortion of competitive environment in the South Moravian region officially reported by the Office for the Protection of Competition. In order to strengthen a validity of previously published results the authors select another region and they extend time period adding the year 2012. The authors work with the same hypothesis as previously. They assume there is a stronger correlation between competition and expenditures in municipalities having neighbours with another contractor. This statement implies from the assumption of lower marginal cost which competing companies achieve in the case of considering expansion or takeover of a new client. The results achieved from an analysis of selected sample of municipalities suggest we cannot prove again a direct influence of the competitive environment onto expenditures in Pardubice region. However, we found one remarkable detail. After cleaning the sample eliminating the data of municipalities, whose contracted providers were one of companies quoted in an official Office for the Protection of Competition report, the hypothesis was confirmed. The authors believe, it strongly suggests an existence of distortion effect of cartel onto the competition environment as well as municipalities expenditures in Pardubice region. |
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