Posts de Stéphane Saussier

Numéro: 2012-9 Lisa Chever et John Moore (Chaire EPPP) Abstract : The new European legislative proposals on public procurement suggest widening the possibility for public buyers to use negotiated procedures with publication. Such procedures have been available in France for work contracts up to 5 million euros since 2004. Yet, their impact on public procurement efficiency is still to be assessed. We…

Numéro: 2012-8 Efficiency and Equity in Two-Part Tariffs: The Case of Residential Water Rates Simon Porcher (IAE Paris) Abstract: As first noticed by Coase (1946), a standard result in utility regulation is that efficiency requires two-part tariffs with marginal prices set to marginal costs and fixed fees equal to each customer’s share of fixed costs. Residential…

Numéro: 2012-7 Do Markets Reduce Prices? Simon Porcher (IAE Paris) Abstract: This paper looks at the reasons for and the results of the make-or-buy decisions in local public services, with specific regards to its possible effects on price and other performance determinants. It uses a rich city-level dataset of water utilities in France for several years. We…

Numéro: 2012-6 L’efficacité des contrats de partenariat en France : Une première évaluation quantitative Phuong Tra Tran et Stéphane Saussier (Chaire EPPP) Abstract: Ce travail a été réalisé par la chaire Economie des Partenariats Public Privé de l’Institut d’Administration des Entreprises de Paris Sorbonne, avec le soutien de la Mission d’appui aux Partenariats Public Privé (MaPPP). Il…

Numéro: 2012-5 Water under the Bridge: City Size, Bargaining Power, Prices and Franchise Renewals in the Provision of water Eshien Chong (Chaire EPPP), Stéphane Saussier (Chaire EPPP), Brian S. Silverman (Rotman Business School, U. of Toronto) Abstract: Since Williamson’s 1976 study of franchise bidding for natural monopolies, there has been extensive debate concerning the degree to which…

Numéro: 2012-4 The political side of public utilities: how opportunistic behavior and yardstick competition shape water prices in Austria Michael Klien (Chaire EPPP) Abstract: This paper studies the effect of politics on water prices in Austria. When public utilities are under political control, price setting may be affected by political incentives. Besides classical theories like the…

Numéro: 2012-3 Corporatization and the behavior of public firms: how shifting control rights affects political interference Michael Klien (Chaire EPPP) Abstract: As an alternative to privatization, corporatization implies a shift of control rights from politicians to managers while ownership remains public. Even though corporatized firms are fairly common – both in Europe and the US – little…

Numéro: 2012-2 Timing tariff increases over the electoral cycles : an empirical investigation of political decision making Michael Klien (chaire EPPP) Abstract: This paper uses data on municipal tariff decisions to analyze the effect of elections on policy choices. Like existing research, the results confirm the existence of a political cycle in fiscal policy. More importantly, this paper…