Desrieux, Claudine; Chong, Eshien; Saussier, Stéphane - Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS), … - 2010
The provision of local public services is increasingly being contracted out to private companies. We observe that local governments regularly choose the same private operator for a range of different services, and develop a model of relational contracts that shows how this strategy may lead to...