Desrieux, Claudine; Chong, Eshien; Saussier, Stéphane - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 89 (2013) C, pp. 167-186
French municipalities often contract out the provision of local public services to private companies, and regularly choose the same private operator for a range of different services. We develop a model of relational contracts that shows how this strategy may lead to better performance at lower...