Posts de Stéphane Saussier

Journal of Public Administration, Research and Theory, à paraître, 2025 — Fernando Deodato Domingos, Carolyn J Heinrich, Stéphane Saussier, Mehdi Shiva Abstract This article investigates how the use of discretion in public-private contracts interplays with transactional complexity in influencing contract renegotiations. Motivations for contract renegotiations may be positive, negative (e.g., opportunistic), or neutral, and we…

LTI-CEPR Report –-Emmanuelle Auriol et Stéphane Saussier, Avril 2025 Abstract To modernise infrastructure, achieve carbon neutrality, and bolster defence and social services, the European Union must close an annual investment gap of €750–800 billion. Public– private partnerships (PPPs) are frequently proposed as a solution, but their effectiveness is debated. Can they help bridge the funding…

Economia Italiana–Stéphane Saussier, mars 2024 Abstract This paper explores the issue of renegotiation in Italian public procurement contracts, offering a new perspective through the use of original data. We focus on the European Union directives introduced in 2014 and implemented since 2016, which aim to enhance transparency in contractual renegotiations (Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU). These…

Local Government Studies, à paraître, 2023 — Alexandre Mayol et Stéphane Saussier Abstract In this paper, we address the remunicipalization question from a novel perspective: by looking at ”who is at the helm”. Using a comprehensive panel dataset covering the complete universe of French drinking water services from 2009 to 2021, we show that the…

Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation 2024– Domingos, F. D., J Heinrich, C., Saussier, S., & Shiva, M. Abstract Public procurement and cross-sector collaborations in national economies offer the opportunity for advances in sustainability practices, including through sustainability-related renegotiations during the execution of public contracts. Using rich, granular data from contract modification notices made publicly…

La Revue de L’Energie 2021, Nov-Dec. — Julie de Brux, Patrice Geoffron, Pierre-Benoît Joly, Reza Lahidji, Jacques Percebois, Émile Quinet Abstract This papCigéo vise à stocker en couche géologique profonde les déchets radioactifs les plus dangereux. L’évaluation socio-économique (ESE) du projet est destinée à analyser les gains et les coûts pour la collectivité, notamment par…

Review of Industrial Organization, 59, pages 461–482 (2021)— Jean Beuve et Stéphane Saussier Abstract This paper examines the impact of renegotiations on contract renewals. Using an original dataset of procurement contracts in the French car park sector, we show that there exists an optimal level of renegotiations that positively affects the probability of renewing a contract…

Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies, CEPR book, Oriana Bandiera, Erica Bosio, Giancarlo Spagnolo (Eds). 2021, Nov — Jean Beuve et Stéphane Saussier Abstract Because they address services of general interest and they involve vast amounts of publicmoney (on average 12% of global GDP; see Bosio et al. 2021), renegotiations of publiccontracts are a…

PLOS One, 16(3), 2021., Porcher, S., Renault T. Abstract To understand the extent to which a policy instrument’s early adoption is crucial in crisis management, we leverage unique worldwide data that record the daily evolution of policy mandate We construct a novel database containing hundreds of thousands geotagged messages related to the COVID-19 pandemic sent…

Public Administration Review, 2021, Septembre, An, Y., Porcher, S., Tan, S-Y and Kim, E. Abstract To understand the extent to which a policy instrument’s early adoption is crucial in crisis management, we leverage unique worldwide data that record the daily evolution of policy mandate adoptions and COVID-19 infection and mortality rates. The analysis shows that…