Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113068 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Political Economy I No. A21-V3
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Abstract: 
In this paper, we propose a probabilistic voter model that rationalizes the ineff cient use of labor input in municipality-owned enterprises. Our focus is on the relationship between absolute as well as relative ineff ciency measures and the size of the municipality in which public rms operate. We show that larger communities maintain enterprises, which are on average more eff cient in absolute as well as relative terms and that e ffciency shows a lower variance for large enterprises. Using data from a sample of electricity distribution companies in Germany we find our theoretical predictions consistent with the companies' observed behavior.
JEL: 
H83
L32
D24
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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