The role of licenses in public utility services provision – 19th century experiences

• Authors: Elżbieta Adamczyk

Abstracts

EN

The subject of this article is a part of a broader debate related to the participation of the private sector in the execution of public services. It concerns those services which are provided to recipients in the conditions of a natural monopoly, based on a license (so with the privilege of exclusivity) awarded to private companies for executing the state’s tasks. This paper aims at outlining the reasons behind the implementation of similar solutions and the problems related to entrusting the private party with satisfying public needs – problems which revealed a conflict of interest between the parties of the licensing contract.

Keywords

EN

natural monopoly; license; public utility; competition; municipalization

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Historiae Oeconomicae
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 3-18

Dates

published

2016

Contributors

author

Elżbieta Adamczyk

• Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kraków

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/sho-2015-0001

Biblioteka Nauki

1683795