Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaGood regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case
Lead poisoning of Callao’s population is the most severe externality port operations cause in Peru. The problem could have been tackled in 2009, after the government issued a decree regulating how mineral ore was to be handled at Peruvian ports. However, the port regulator’s inability to follow the...
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Universidad del Pacífico. Centro de Investigación
2012
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| author | Defilippi, Enzo |
| author_facet | Defilippi, Enzo |
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| description | Lead poisoning of Callao’s population is the most severe externality port operations cause in Peru. The problem could have been tackled in 2009, after the government issued a decree regulating how mineral ore was to be handled at Peruvian ports. However, the port regulator’s inability to follow the criteria contained in their own regulations led the procedure of selecting the providers of the service to continuous delays, and finally, to a complete stop. As a consequence, Callao’s population will continue to be affected by this externality until 2013. The problem the regulator could not solve was to determine whether the market for ‘mineral ore stevedore services’ at Callao Port was monopolistic or competitive. This article re-examines the case and concludes that the market for the service has natural monopoly characteristics. Therefore, the regulator should have ordered the call of an auction to select the least-expensive provider and thus, spare the population from four more years of lead poisoning. |
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| spelling | clacso-CLACSO521852022-03-17T18:39:59Z Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case Defilippi, Enzo Contaminación del aire--Perú--Callao Lead poisoning of Callao’s population is the most severe externality port operations cause in Peru. The problem could have been tackled in 2009, after the government issued a decree regulating how mineral ore was to be handled at Peruvian ports. However, the port regulator’s inability to follow the criteria contained in their own regulations led the procedure of selecting the providers of the service to continuous delays, and finally, to a complete stop. As a consequence, Callao’s population will continue to be affected by this externality until 2013. The problem the regulator could not solve was to determine whether the market for ‘mineral ore stevedore services’ at Callao Port was monopolistic or competitive. This article re-examines the case and concludes that the market for the service has natural monopoly characteristics. Therefore, the regulator should have ordered the call of an auction to select the least-expensive provider and thus, spare the population from four more years of lead poisoning. 2012-08 2022-03-17T18:39:59Z 2022-03-17T18:39:59Z info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper http://hdl.handle.net/11354/385 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/52185 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional application/pdf application/pdf Universidad del Pacífico. Centro de Investigación Repositorio de la Universidad del Pacífico - UP Universidad del Pacífico |
| spellingShingle | Contaminación del aire--Perú--Callao Defilippi, Enzo Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title | Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title_full | Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title_fullStr | Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title_full_unstemmed | Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title_short | Good regulations, bad regulation : a Peruvian port case |
| title_sort | good regulations, bad regulation : a peruvian port case |
| topic | Contaminación del aire--Perú--Callao |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11354/385 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/52185 |