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For the refuse collection market, it is well-known that concentration increases prices and offsets the advantage of contracting out. The presence of competing public firms might be essential to ensure fair competition. In this chapter we show that increasing competition by public firms decreases prices and can be essential for low prices.
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Dijkgraaf, E., Gradus, R. (2008). How to Get Increasing Competition in the Dutch Refuse Collection Market?. In: Dijkgraaf, E., Gradus, R. (eds) The Waste Market. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8711-0_7
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