Revues et Ouvrages
Remunicipalization of water services in France and inter-municipal cooperation: who’s at the helm?
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…
Lire la suiteNavigating contract renegotiations with sustainability at the helm: Societal benefits and transaction costs
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…
Lire la suiteDéchets radioactifs : retour sur l’évaluation socio-économique du projet Cigéo
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…
Lire la suiteRenegotiations and Renewals of Public Contracts
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…
Lire la suiteRenegotiations of public contracts: A blessing in disguise?
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…
Lire la suiteSocial distancing beliefs and mobility: Evidence from Twitter
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…
Lire la suitePolicy Design for Covid19: Worldwide Evidence on the Efficacies of Early Mask Mandates and other Policy Interventions
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…
Lire la suiteCulture and the Quality of Government
Public Administration Review, 81(2), pp. 333-343, 2021., Porcher, S. 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 This article uses a cross-country data set to empirically investigate the relationship between national culture and…
Lire la suiteConcurrent Sourcing in Local Public Services: Theory, Evidence and Avenues for Future Research
Handbook of Public Administration. (dir) Hildreth, B., Miller, G. and E. Lindquist, Routledge, 2021– S. Porcher Abstract This papCigéo vise à stocker en couche géologique profonde les déchets radioactifs les plus What is the best governance mode (i.e., hierarchy or the market) to provide public services? The choices of governance modes have been scrutinized by…
Lire la suiteCSR Communication and Firms’ Ability to Win Public Procurement Contracts
European Journal of Management and Business Economics 2021, Forthcoming — O. Kaddouri et S. Saussier Abstract This paper examines the link between the corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication efforts of companies and their ability to obtain public procurement contracts by focusing on the study of the Business-to-Government (B-to-G) market. By exploiting a database with the…
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