Market Restrictions of Contracting Out the Public Service at the Municipal Level
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<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22749-3_3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22749-3_3</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22749-3_3" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-031-22749-3_3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Market Restrictions of Contracting Out the Public Service at the Municipal Level
Original language description
Under contracting out as the alternative service delivery arrangement, a government retains responsibility for providing a service, but it hires private firms to produce and deliver it. The theory of contracting suggests that, provided certain conditions are met, contracting out has the potential to improve efficiency without sacrificing quality, compared to direct public production. In developed countries, contracting out can sometimes improve the performance of the public sector. In countries making the transition from planned to market-based economies, the situation is much more complicated. Outcomes of contracting out public service are determined by the quality of contract management, and also by the character of the market of contracted service. The aim of this chapter is to identify the scale of local public service contracting out and market constraints affecting its application. The study examines the experience with contracting out service of collection and disposal of municipal solid waste among 195 municipalities in Slovakia by primary research. The outcome of quantitative analysis suggests contracting out is a frequently used service delivery arrangement (88.26% of municipalities use contracting out waste collection and disposal services), however, the outcomes of contracting out can be affected by the high concentration of service market measured by indexes concentration ratio (CR) and Herfindahl–Hirshman index (HHI).
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Advances in Empirical Economic Research : 2022 International Conference on Applied Economics (ICOAE)
ISBN
978-3-031-22748-6
ISSN
2198-7246
e-ISSN
2198-7254
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
37-53
Publisher name
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Place of publication
Cham
Event location
Madrid
Event date
Jul 7, 2023
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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