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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788229103321

Autore

De Palma André

Titolo

Towards a Principal-Agent Based Typology of Risks in Public-Private Partnerships / / André De Palma, Guillaume Prunier, Luc Leruth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-4164-0

1-4527-6015-2

9786612843884

1-4518-7324-7

1-282-84388-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

PrunierGuillaume

LeruthLuc

Soggetti

Public-private sector cooperation

Privatization

Risk management

Infrastructure

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Organizational Behavior

Transaction Costs

Property Rights

Bureaucracy

Administrative Processes in Public Organizations

Corruption

Asymmetric and Private Information

National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures

Other Public Investment and Capital Stock

Marketing and Advertising: Government Policy and Regulation

Transportation Systems: Government and Private Investment Analysis

Public Enterprises

Public-Private Enterprises

Public Administration

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities: General

Public finance & taxation

Civil service & public sector

Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)



Public sector

Risks of public-private partnership

Transportation

Expenditure

Economic sectors

Public financial management (PFM)

National accounts

Finance, Public

Fiscal policy

Saving and investment

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

At head of title: Offices in Europe.

"August 2009."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The development of PPPs; III. Risk sharing, asymmetry of information, and perception biases; A. Asymmetry of information; Tables; 1. A Basic Matrix for Risk-Sharing in PPPs; B. Perception Biases; IV. A principal-agent approach to PPPs; Figures; 1. Perception Biases; 2. The Principal-Agent Framework; V. PPP risks and a typology; 2. Typology of Risks in PPPs; VI. Conclusions; References

Sommario/riassunto

There is a strong economic rationale for close cooperation between the public and private sectors. This has resulted in a significant increase in the demand for the provision of public services through instruments combining public and private money such as public-private partnerships (PPPs or P3s). We describe these arrangements and explore how they can be analyzed using standard tools in economics (incentives and principal-agent theory). We discuss the implications of our approach in terms of identifying risks that are often overlooked before turining to the optimal risk-sharing between the public and private partners, in particular with respect to information asymmetries in risk perceptions. This allows us to propose a typology of the risks associated with PPPs, where both internal risks (the risks associated with the contract) and external risks (those associated with the project) are considered.