Revues et Ouvrages

29 novembre 2017 Lisa Chever et Michael Klien, Journal of Regulatory Economics Abstract: To deal with elevator accidents the French ‘Robien law’ mandated safety upgrades for ‘old’ elevators. Available statistics suggest that the law reduced fatal accidents but also coincides with an unprecedented deterioration in service quality, multiplying breakdowns and downtime. We exploit a unique data…

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…

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.

Juin 2017 María Molinos-Senante, Simon Porcher, et Alexandros Maziotis – Environmental Science and Pollution Research Abstract: The assessment of productivity change over time and its drivers is of great significance for water companies and regulators when setting urban water tariffs. This issue is even more relevant in privatized water industries, such as those in England and Wales, where the price-cap regulation…

Mai 2017 Simon Porcher, Alexandros Maziotis, et Maria Molinos-Senante, Urban Water Journal Abstract: The evaluation of the economic efficiency of regulatory schemes is essential for regulators and utilities. In this study it is analysed for the first time the welfare costs of non-marginal cost pricing in the water supply in England and Wales, by computing the deadweight…

25 janvier 2017  Frédéric Marty, Droit de l’environnement Abstract : La première recommandation du rapport du Conseil d’analyse économique rédigé par Stéphane Saussier et Jean Tirole, publié au printemps 2015 était de ramener les finalités de la commande publique à un seul et unique objectif celui de l’efficacité économique. Cette recommandation a pu sembler s’inscrire à…

5 janvier 2017 Raphaël Homayoun Boroumand, Stéphane Goutte, Simon Porcher, and Thomas Porcher, Applied Economics Abstract : The spot commodities market exhibits both extreme volatility and price spikes, which lead to heavy-tailed distributions of price change and autocorrelation. This article uses various Lévy jump models to capture these features in a panel of agricultural commodities observed…

9 novembre 2016 Guillaume Farde, Hermann Ed. Résumé : En France, le souvenir de la bataille de Valmy, couplé à l’instauration d’une conscription maintenue jusqu’en 1996, fonde l’attachement indéfectible du citoyen au caractère essentiellement public des forces de sécurité de la Nation. Il y a là l’origine d’une césure entre les activités mercantiles d’une part,…

3 juin 2016 Julie de Brux et Frédéric Marty, Revue française d’administration publique 2016/1 (N° 157) Résumé : La loi du 1er juillet 2014 créant les sociétés d’économie mixte à opération unique a introduit en droit français la notion européenne de partenariat public-privé institutionnalisé. Ces structures hybrides public-privé visent à répondre aux difficultés induites par les montages…

2 Juin 2016 Simon Porcher, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Abstract : Analytical frameworks of government service contracting decisions typically focus on the make-or-buy decision. In concepts, governments can either produce the service itself (make) or outsource production (buy). However, governments make and buy the same public services, a practice that is termed…