Market Restrictions of Contracting Out the Public Service at the Municipal Level

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Market Restrictions of Contracting Out the Public Service at the Municipal Level

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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).

Název v anglickém jazyce

Market Restrictions of Contracting Out the Public Service at the Municipal Level

Popis výsledku anglicky

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).

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

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

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

37-53

Název nakladatele

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Místo vydání

Cham

Místo konání akce

Madrid

Datum konání akce

7. 7. 2023

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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