The Permeability of Public Contracts: Evidence from Renegotiations in the French Car Park Sector

Numéro: 2015-1 Zoé Le Squeren and John Moore – The Permeability of Public Contracts: Evidence from Renegotiations in the French Car Park Sector Abstract: Recent research suggests that public and private agreements are inherently different. Public contracts should indeed be more permeable to the external (and, more specifically, the political) environment. This paper studies empirically the intrinsic differences between these two…

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Water LPEs in Cities: Three Case Studies

Numéro: 2014-13 Marianne Audette-Chapdelaine, Michael Klien et Maria Salvetti – Water LPEs in Cities: Three Case Studies Abstract: The failure or success of providing public services like drinking water through different institutional arrangements may depend crucially and in a non-trivial way from the administrative capacity. A strand of literature deals with this question and what administrative capacities are required for governments to…

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Local Public Enterprises: A Taxonomy

Numéro: 2014-12 Stéphane Saussier et Michael Klien – Local Public Enterprises: A Taxonomy Abstract: Local public enterprises (LPE) represent a popular mode of public service delivery in OECD countries. In Europe, where the use of LPEs is particularly pronounced, local governments use not only public enterprises integrated into the administration but also 16,000 legally independent organizations, which they own at least…

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Organizational Choices Under Uncertainty: Four Essays on Public-Private Partnerships in France Décembre 2014  

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Elections and project delivery in public work procurement: A red ribbon effect?

Numéro: 2014-11 Eshien Chong, Michael Klien et John Moore – Elections and project delivery in public work procurement: A red ribbon effect? Abstract: In this paper, we investigate the electoral cycle empirically using data on public work procurement in 1,634 French municipalities between 2005 and 2007. Using a difference-in-difference approach, we compare public work procurement of municipalities whose mayor was a candidate…

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Article « Le Moniteur » sur le petit déjeuner « La transposition de la Directive concessions : quels enjeux ? »

10 octobre 2014 Le Moniteur a consacré un article aux propos tenus par Jean Maïa (Directeur de la DAJ) sur la transposition de la Directive concessions lors du petit-déjeuner organisé le 9 octobre 2014 par la Chaire EPPP (« La transposition de la Directive concessions : quels enjeux ? »). L’article est disponible sur le site internet du…

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Procedural Rules and their Impact on Procurement Outcomes: Evidence from France

Numéro: 2014-10 Anissa Boulemia et John Moore – Procedural Rules and their Impact on Procurement Outcomes: Evidence from France Abstract: For the last 20 years, a series of public procurement reforms has sought to enhance the efficiency of purchases by increasing public buyers’ discretionary power. Yet it has been argued that there is a lack of empirical results concerning the impact…

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Renégociation dans les PPP : risques et opportunités

Numéro: 2014-9 Jean Beuve, Aude Le Lannier et Zoé Le Squeren – La renégociation dans les PPPs : risques et opportunités Les PPPs présentent des spécificités qui font de leurs renégociations un sujet d’étude essentiel. Sources d’efficience par les nécessaires adaptations contractuelles qu’elles permettent ou au contraire d’inefficience de par leur nature opportuniste, les renégociations des contrats de PPPs recouvrent une…

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L’évolution des conditions de financement des contrats de PPP

Numéro: 2014-8 Frédéric Marty – L’évolution des conditions de financement des contrats de PPP Plan : Notre propos dans ce chapitre est de retracer les évolutions dans les montages financiers utilisés dans les contrats de PPP depuis les vingt dernières années et de mettre en exergue leur sensibilité aux conditions d’accès aux marchés des fonds prêtables. Nous montrons d’abord…

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IPPP: Risks and Opportunities, An Economic Perspective

Julie de Brux et Frédéric Marty Abstract: This article analyzes some of the issues raised by institutionalized public-private partnerships in an economic perspective.We demonstrate that although they may address some of the main limits of purely contractual public-private partnerships, such as the issues of control, know-how transfer, or additional financial cost, they may induce some intrinsic risks…

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