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Inefficiency of Garbage Collectors and Efficiency Gain from Deregulation: The case of Seoul

  • Journal of Regulation Studies
  • 2009, 18(2), pp.95-129
  • Publisher : 한국규제학회
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

hyungho youn 1 Keeyoung Yoo 1 정진아 1

1서울시정개발연구원

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ABSTRACT

The self-ruling districts of Seoul do not choose garbage collectors strictly according to their efficiency but do with discretionary power considering topographic traits of their jurisdiction, positions of garbage collectors, or administration convenience, and appoint their territorial boundaries for operation. This practice is criticised as having small-sized collectors marginally survive and yielding inefficiency industrywide. This study measures efficiency for each of 108 garbage collectors using their input and explores why such inefficiency occurs. Also, a simulation test provides a useful information about how much deregulation measures pursued by the central government can increase efficiency such as permitting business across self-ruling districts, and merge and acquisition.

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