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FLORIO, Massimo - Dipartimento di Economia, Management e Metodi … - 2007

This paper suggests that efficiency considerations do not explain why privatization policy is so appealing to the centre-left parties in Europe. Divestitures of state owned corporations in the UK and elsewhere were implemented by right wing parties with the over-arching objective to defeat trade...

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The Hold-Down Problem and the Boundaries of the Firm: Lessons from a Hidden Action Model with Endogenous Outside Option

Schnedler, Wendelin; Sunde, Uwe - 2002

This paper offers a rationale for limiting the delegation of (real) authority, which neither relies on insurance arguments nor depends on ownership structure. We analyse a repeated hidden action model in which the actions of a risk neutral agent determine his future outside option. Consequently,...

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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing

Elinder, Mikael; Jordahl, Henrik - 2012

, it is somewhat surprising that many social scientists have preferred to explain government outsourcing by the pursuit of … economic efficiency. Starting out from different theories, we investigate political explanations of government outsourcing … using a Swedish data set in which outsourcing varies between municipalities and over time, as well as between services. Our …

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Public-sector outsourcing : the desirability of outsourcing the provision of public services depends on their characteristics and market conditions

Poutvaara, Panu - 2014

Outsourcing public provision of services tends to lower labor intensity and increase its efficiency. Costs are usually … innovation in education, but the picture is ambiguous for health care. Natural monopolies are unsuitable for outsourcing. Network …

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The hold-down problem and the boundaries of the firm : lessons from a hidden action model with endogenous outside option

Schnedler, Wendelin; Sunde, Uwe - 2002

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Choice and competition in the welfare state: Home care as the ideal quasi-market

Bergman, Mats A.; Jordahl, Henrik; Lundberg, Sofia - 2018

We study a reform by which a standardized model of choice and competition was introduced in tax-financed home care in a majority of Swedish municipalities. The market for home care is of particular interest since it is close to the ideal quasi-market. For identification, we exploit the different...

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Fehlpass in der Hochschulpolitik : wenn Ziele und Mittel nicht zusammenspielen

Kubon-Gilke, Gisela - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 94 (2014) 11, pp. 821-828

Mit der Umsetzung der vor 15 Jahren beschlossenen Bologna-Reformen verschoben sich sowohl die Zielkoordinaten als auch die Mittel der Hochschulpolitik. Die berufliche Qualifikation Studierender rückte stärker in den Vordergrund, und es wurden neue Governance-Strukturen in Anlehnung an das neue...

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Choice and competition in the welfare state : home care as the ideal quasi-market

Bergman, Mats A.; Jordahl, Henrik; Lundberg, Sofia - 2018

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The Information Revolution and the New Public Management

Thompson, Fred; Reschenthaler, G.B - 2014

The efficacy of alternative institutional arrangements depends upon the information costs that obtain under each. The information revolution has dramatically transformed information costs and, therefore, the optimal placement of the boundary between government, non-governmental organizations,...

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Public Private Partnership as a Last Resort for Traditional Public Procurement

Bojović, Viktorija - In: Panoeconomicus 53 (2006) 3, pp. 299-311

This paper discusses recent changes in the way public services are delivered. A marked increase in the cooperation between the public and private sector in the realisation of complex projects, mostly concerning development of infrastructure, is the main characteristic of present-day developing...

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