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The Assessment: Contracts and Competition

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  • Jenkinson, Tim
  • Mayer, Colin

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A significant recent development has been the extension of market processes to activities which were previously provided by the public sector. A central feature of newly privatized markets is the emergence of widespread forms of contracting. Explicit contracting is used where in the past transactions had taken place internally within a public enterprise or a government department. The design of efficient forms of contracting has been an essential component of the development of new markets and quasi-markets such as those in defence and health. This paper examines evidence on the structure of contracts and the extent to which they contribute to or detract from the efficient operation of markets, discusses the role of contracts in some newly emerging markets, and evaluates contracts in utilities where regulation rather than competition policy is widespread. Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Jenkinson, Tim & Mayer, Colin, 1996. "The Assessment: Contracts and Competition," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 12(4), pages 1-10, Winter.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxford:v:12:y:1996:i:4:p:1-10
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    1. J.A. den Hertog, 2010. "Review of economic theories of regulation," Working Papers 10-18, Utrecht School of Economics.

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