Posts de Stéphane Saussier
Quality of Outsourced Services, Rent-Seeking and Contract Design. Evidence from Cleaning Contracts.
Numéro: 2014-4 Quality of Outsourced Services, Rent-Seeking and Contract Design. Evidence from Cleaning Contracts. Jean Beuve and Lisa Chever Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of contract design on the enforceability of quality in outsourced public contracts. Using a four-year panel data of 102 cleaning contracts, our findings suggest that quality enforcement highly depends on the ex ante contracting…
Lire la suiteS. Porcher et V. Levrault – 20 Questions d’Economie
Simon Pocher et Vincent Levrault ont publié « 20 Questions d’Economie: Concours d’Entrée Sciences Po » aux éditionsellipses. Description de l’ouvrage: « Au travers de 20 sujets entièrement rédigés, ce livre accompagne les étudiants dans leur préparation à l’épreuve de sciences économiques et sociales du concours d’entrée de Sciences Po. Plus qu’une leçon, chaque sujet montre les aspects formels…
Lire la suiteThe Determinants of Margins in Gasoline Markets
Numéro: 2014-3 T. Porcher et S. Porcher, 2014 – The Determinants of Margins in Gasoline Markets Abstract: When studying oligopolies, a tension exists between models supporting tacit collusion and those supporting the non-collusive behavior of firms. Using a panel on retail fuel margins in France over more than twenty years, we find mitigated evidence of collusive behavior in the retail…
Lire la suiteEconomie de la défense – Repères La Découverte
Renaud Bellais, Martial Foucault et Jean-Michel Oudot Abstract: Les tensions internationales récentes soulignent les enjeux et la complexité de la défense. En complément des approches notamment politiques et stratégiques, la science économique contribue à la compréhension de ce domaine. Cette synthèse de la littérature économique française et internationale offre un panorama à la fois exhaustif et accessible…
Lire la suiteThe Ineffectiveness of Fuel Taxes in France
Numéro: 2014-2 S. Porcher et T. Porcher, 2014 – The Ineffectiveness of Fuel Taxes in France Abstract: Fuel taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with pollution and raise government revenue. In this paper, we decompose fuel taxes from tax-exclusive fuel prices to see how consumers respond to market versus policy-driven fuel price changes. Our analysis reveals that fuel taxes might be an…
Lire la suiteContract Renewal as an Incentive Device. An Application to the French Urban Public Transport Sector
Axel Gautier et Anne Yvrande-Billon 2013- Contract Renewal as an Incentive Device. An Application to the French Urban Public Transport Sector, Review of Economics and Institutions. Vol. 4(1). Abstract: In the French urban public transport industry, services are often delegated to a private firm by the mean of a fixed-term regulatory contract. This contract specifies the duties of…
Lire la suiteLes évaluations économiques en appui à la gestion de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques
Maria Salvetti Publication de l’ONEMA, Coll. Comprendre pour Agir, n°8. Abstract: Qu’il s’agisse de caractériser, en termes socio-économiques, les usages de l’eau sur un territoire ou qu’il s’agisse d’évaluer les coûts et impacts environnementaux d’un programme de mesures ou d’un projet, les analyses économiques sont désormais parties intégrantes des processus de réflexion et d’élaboration de l’action…
Lire la suiteCorporatization and the Behavior of Public Firms: How Shifting Control Rights Affects Political Interference in Water Prices
Michael Klien 2013 Corporatization and the Behavior of Public Firms: How Shifting Control Rights Affects Political Interference in Water Prices, Review of Industrial Organization. Abstract: As an alternative to privatization, corporatization implies shifting control rights from politicians to managers—through the creation of a separate legal entity—while ownership remains with the government. Even though corporatized firms are fairly…
Lire la suiteThe network efficiency rate: a key performance indicator for water services asset management?
Numéro: 2014-1 Maria Salvetti – The network efficiency rate: a key performance indicator for water services asset management? Abstract: In France, good governance of public water and sanitation services revolves around the definition and monitoring of performance indicators designed as steering tools and targeting results. Among the 29 statutory performance indicators, the network efficiency rate plays a key…
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Contract Enforcement and Discretion: An Application to Public Procurement Décembre 2013
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