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References for Public-sector outsourcing
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Further reading
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Key references
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) "Government
outsourcing" Government at a
Glance 2011 (2011). Key reference: [1]
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) "Production costs in
general government" Government at a
Glance 2009 (2009). Key reference: [2]
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Andersson, F., Jordahl, H. Outsourcing Public
Services: Ownership, Competition, Quality and
Contracting Working
Paper, 2011. Key reference: [3]
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Hart, O., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R. W. "The proper scope of
government: Theory and application to prisons" The Quarterly
Journal of Economics 112:4 (1997): 1127–1161. Key reference: [4]
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Dewenter, K. L., Malatesta, P. H. "State-owned and
privately owned firms: An empirical analysis of profitability,
leverage, and labor intensity" American Economic
Review 91:1 (2001): 320–334. Key reference: [5]
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Poutvaara, P., Wagener, A. "Why is the public
sector more labor-intensive? A distortionary tax
argument" Journal of
Economics 94:2 (2008): 105–124. Key reference: [6]
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Böhlmark, A., Lindahl, M. Independent Schools
and Long-Run Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Sweden’s
Large-Scale Voucher Reform IZA Working
Paper, 2012-06. Key reference: [7]
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Gaynor, M., Moreno-Serra, R., Propper, C. "Can competition
improve outcomes in UK health care? Lessons from the past two
decades" Journal of Health
Services and Research Policy 17:1 (2012): 49–54. Key reference: [8]
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Barrera-Osorio, F., Olivera, M., Ospino, C. "Does society win or
lose as a result of water privatization? The case of water
sector privatization in Colombia" Economica 76:304 (2009): 649–674. Key reference: [9]
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Amaral, M., Saussier, S., Yvrande-Billon, A. "Auction procedures
and competition in public services: The case of urban public
transport in France and London" Utilities
Policy 17 (2009): 166–175. Key reference: [10]
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Levin, J., Tadelis, S. "Contracting for
government services: Theory and evidence from US cities" The Journal of
Industrial Economics 58:3 (2010): 507–541. Key reference: [11]
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Elinder, M., Jordahl, H. "Political
preferences and public sector outsourcing" European Journal of
Political Economy 30 (2013): 43–57. Key reference: [12]
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) "Government
outsourcing" Government at a
Glance 2011 (2011).
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Additional References
- Gordon, R. H., Bai, C., Li, D. D. "Efficiency losses from tax distortions vs. government control" European Economic Review 43 (1999): 1095–1103.
- López-de-Silanes, F., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R. W. "Privatization in the United States" Rand Journal of Economics 28:3 (1997): 447–471.
- Perry, C. R. "Outsourcing and union power" Journal of Labor Research 18:4 (1997): 521–534.