Does public ownership of utilities matter for local government water policies?
Does public ownership of utilities matter for local government water policies?
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jup.2020.101057
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发表时间：
2020-06-01
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通讯作者：
Warner, Mildred E.
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作者：
Homsy, George C.;Warner, Mildred E.
地方政府在执行公平和环境水事政策方面有何不同？分析2015年对1，897个美国城市的全国调查，我们发现拥有自来水公司的城市更有可能报告保护低收入居民免受断电和实施水资源管理的政策。来自8%的城市的受访者报告保护居民免受断线。国有公用事业和民主党占多数的市政府的国家经济监管与地方政策，以保护低收入家庭关闭，但承担与资源管理没有关联。市政对公用事业的所有权和国家的经济管制都可能在实现某些地方水政策目标方面发挥作用。
What differentiates local governments that implement water policies on equity and the environment? Analyzing a 2015 national survey of 1,897 U.S. municipalities, we find municipalities that own their water utilities are more likely to report policies to protect low-income residents from disconnection and implement water resource management. Respondents from 8% of municipalities report protecting residents from disconnection. State economic regulation of municipally owned utilities and Democrat-majority municipal governments are positively associated with local policies to protect low-income households from shutoffs but bear no association with resource management. Both municipal ownership of utilities and state economic regulation may play a role in meeting certain local water policy goals.