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100			_aAlbalate, D., Bel, G. and Reeves, E. _932477
245			_aGovernment choice between contract termination and contract expiration in re-municipalization: A case of historical recurrence?
260			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
300			_a87(3), Sep, 2021: p.461-479
520			_aSince the early 2000s, the terms ‘re-municipalization’ and ‘reverse privatization’ entered the lexicon as several examples emerged of governments taking ownership of assets and services that had previously been privatized or outsourced. Various methods are used to implement re-municipalization decisions and differences are observed across countries and sectors. The approaches most frequently adopted are re-municipalization through contract termination and contract expiration. We utilize a wide database of re-municipalizations worldwide to analyse the factors that influence governments’ choice between these two approaches. The results from our multivariate analysis find a pattern of historical recurrence in the characteristics of the current re-municipalization process. Points for practitioners Most governments wait for contracts to expire but the number of contract terminations is sizeable. Re-municipalization in larger cities, network sectors (particularly water) and implemented by municipal governments have a positive association with termination. Re-municipalization of energy utilities and conducted in countries of French legal origin is positively associated with contract expiration. Patterns of contemporary re-municipalization closely resemble those witnessed in the ‘Progressive Era’. – Reproduced
650			_aContracts, Expiration, Expropriation, Privatization, Re-municipalization _930449
773			_aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences
906			_aLOCAL GOVERNMENT
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