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Balance of power, certainty and discretion in the franchise relationship: An analysis of contractual terms

Spencer, Elizabeth C. - 2008

Australia is an express factor in determining unconscionability in contract formation and performance. Certainty is essential to … to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but … franchise contract synergistically reinforce these conditions. This paper tests that theory by evaluating balance of power and …

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A Conditional Intent to Perform

Klass, Gregory - 2009

The doctrine of promissory fraud holds that a contractual promise implicitly represents an intent to perform. A promisor’s conditional intent to perform poses a problem for that doctrine. It is clear that some undisclosed conditions on the promisor’s intent should result in liability for...

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Interlocal Contractual Arrangements in the Provision of Public Safety

Andrew, Simon A. - 2005

state statutes that allowed mix approaches to contractual arrangements. A relational contract is advantageous because it … regional politics and avoid future disputes, municipality and county governments can choose a more legally binding contract by … using non-relational contract such as interlocal agreements, contracts or leases. Utilizing the data compiled by the Florida …

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Monitoring Competitive Bidding in the Public Sector

Fearon, Gervan - 1998

This paper investigates the impact of program budget size on monitoring and competitive bidding in the public sector. A sequential game is developed involving a ministry and bureau strategically interacting in the provision of a public sector good. The ministry copes with imperfect information...

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Accounting for changed accounting: a translation view comparing accrual accounting implementations in France and Australia

Christensen, Mark; Rocher, Sebastien - 2010

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into how public sector accounting change is achieved.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a comparative historical approach in which early and late adopters of public sector accrual accounting are described and contrasted....

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Ownership Versus Environment: Why are Public Sector Firms Inefficient?

Bartel, Ann P.; Harrison, Ann E. - 1999

In this paper, we disentangle the sources of public sector inefficiency using 1981-1995 panel data on manufacturing firms in Indonesia. We consider two leading hypotheses: (1) public sector enterprises are inefficient due to agency-type problems or (2) public sector enterprises are inefficient...

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Public Sector Pay and Corruption: Measuring Bribery from Micro-Data

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Sabrianova, Klara - 2007

This study provides the first systematic measure of bribery using micro-level data on reported earnings, household spending and asset holdings. We use the compensating differential framework and the estimated sectoral gap in reported earnings and expenditures to identify the size of unobserved...

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Beware the reformers: A Machiavellian view of the accounting profession and public sector reform in Australia

Chau, C.; Cooper, K. A.; Irvine, H. J. - 2007

During the last two decades of New Public Management (NPM), reformist governments have transformed the principle underlying Australia’s government accountability from compliance to performance evaluation. This change has been instituted in three phases, against a backdrop of uncertainty,...

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Reference macroeconomic scenarios for the Spanish economy after Covid-19

Artículo de revista ; Reference macroeconomic scenarios for the Spanish economy after Covid-19

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The end of the demographic dividend in Latin America: challenges for economic and social policies

Berganza, Juan Carlos; Campos, Rodolfo G.; Martínez …

Artículo de revista ; Population ageing is a major global challenge. The Latin American economies have a younger population structure than other emerging and advanced economies, which has allowed them to enjoy the so-called demographic dividend (a favourable working age/non-working age...

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