Declarativity and efficiency in providing services of general economic interest. Empirical study regarding the relation between heating costs and budget constraints
Defined by each country separately, according to real options, circumstances and traditions, the services of general economic interest have an objective purpose in ensuring protection and security for population. The services of general economic interest involve both public and economic services...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academy of Economic Studies of Bucharest
2013-06-01
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Series: | Amfiteatru Economic |
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Online Access: | http://www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro/ArticolEN.aspx?CodArticol=1204 |
Summary: | Defined by each country separately, according to real options, circumstances and traditions,
the services of general economic interest have an objective purpose in ensuring protection
and security for population. The services of general economic interest involve both public
and economic services and show characteristics of both fields, reflecting the capabilities of
communities to organize, regulate and provide them. Considering the accessibility to the
essential service of general economic interest of providing household heating, as an
undeniable condition of consumer protection, an analysis has been made in this field, with
reference to the concrete manner of providing these services. The goal of this endeavor was
to emphasize the actual conditionalities induced by the budget constraints of households
while ensuring the universality of the access to the essential heating service. The empirical
study is based on a survey of 55 households in sector 2 of Bucharest that have access to gas
heating systems, while they have different revenues and equipments. The processing of the
gathered data allowed the procurement of certain indicators that explain how household
revenues determine the access to the heating services and how the deficiencies of the
insurance system of these services deepen the social polarization and increase the
weightings of those living at the limit of subsistence. |
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ISSN: | 1582-9146 2247-9104 |