Abstract Analysis of local government contracting decisions typically focuses on transactions
costs related to service characteristics, especially asset specificity and difficulty of contract …

Capturing the benefits of competition is a key argument for outsourcing public services, yet
public service markets often lack sufficient competition. The authors use survey and …

A dramatic change of ownership, regulation, and organisation of essential public services,
such as electricity, gas, and telecommunications, has taken place in Europe in less than 20 …

State-owned enterprises make up roughly 10 percent of the world economy, yet they are
woefully understudied. This handbook offers the first synthesis of the topic since the 1980s …

Inter‐municipal cooperation is now as common among US local governments as for profit
privatization. This article uses data from a national survey in 2007 to explore the benefits of …

Problem: Private approaches to urban service provision are becoming more popular. Some
argue these approaches are more efficient and more democratic than government provision …

Privatization has been promoted as an urban reform for more than 40years. Although cities
around the world have pursued privatization, it has not delivered the promised efficiency …

Public corporations are created via a process known as 'corporatization'when public
services–which were previously organized, produced and delivered directly by the state …

The European Commission has formally recognized that adequate provision of basic
household services, including energy, communications, water and transport, is key to …

This paper provides an overview of the major State‐Owned Enterprises (SOEs) in Greece
with the aim of identifying the key features of the dominant paradigm and the critical turning …