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Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) – Water and sewage company in Berlin

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  • Christina SCHAEFER

    (Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Chair of Public Administration and Management, Germany)

  • Stephanie WARM

    (Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg Chair of Public Administration and Management, Germany)

Abstract

The case study analyses the Berliner Wasserbetriebe, the water and sewage company in Berlin. In the first step it searches for reasons leading to the partial privatization in 1999 and specifies its process, in order to understand why in 2012 and 2013 the Berliner Wasserbetriebe were remunicipalised. To answer these questions an historical overview and the economic as well as political situation of Berlin have to be provided. Another important part of the case study is the investigation if water is a public good respectively a task of general interest in relation with natural monopolies. There is of course a link to the tariffs, which have to be paid by the citizens. The structure of tariffs, the calculation, the identification of the main costs and their impact are broached. These information are a starting point to discuss mechanism of governance and regulation as well as the relation between the different investors and their possibly competing aims. At the end of this case study as a result the lessons learned are presented. The principal agent theory, the stakeholder analysis and the public choice theory serve as theoretical framework for the analysis.

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  • Christina SCHAEFER & Stephanie WARM, 2014. "Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB) – Water and sewage company in Berlin," CIRIEC Working Papers 1401, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.
    • Handle: RePEc:crc:wpaper:1401
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    1. Lederer, Klaus, 2011. "Die Teilprivatisierung der Berliner Wasserbetriebe: Erfolgsmodell oder Abwicklungsfall?," ZögU - Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 34(4), pages 444-461.
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