Archive pour septembre 2017
Public-private partnerships in Europe for building and managing public infrastructures: An economic perpective
Numéro: 2017-6 Elisabetta Iossa et Stéphane Saussier – Public-private partnerships in Europe for building and managing public infrastructures: An economic perpective Abstract: Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are long term contractual agreements between the public and private sector for the provision of public infrastructures and services. Due to tighter budget constraints and to a renewed interest in greater involvement…
Lire la suiteRisk minimisation: the failure of electricity intra-day forward contracts
Septembre 2017 Raphaël Homayoun Boroumand, Stéphane Goutte, Simon Porcher, et Thomas Porcher, International Journal of Global Energy Issues Abstract: As market intermediaries, electricity retailers purchase electricity from the wholesale market or self-generate to ‘deliver’ to their customers. However, electricity retailers are uncertain about how much electricity their residential customers will use at any moment of the day…
Lire la suiteThe ‘hidden costs’ of water provision: New evidence from the relationship between contracting-out and price in French water public services
30 août 2017 Simon Porcher, Utilities Policy Abstract: In France, the management of public services such as water or sanitation can be done by the municipal council or contracted out to a private operator. This paper quantifies the impact of the choice of contracting out the management of water public services on price.
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