Fiche de cours

Contract Economics and Organization of Public Services

Faculté de gestion: Institut de hautes études en administration publique

Responsable(s): Laure Athias

Horaires du cours (Apériodique)

Cours

Semestre d'automne
4 heures par semaine
26 heures par semestre
Apériodique
Langue(s) d'enseignement: anglais
Public: Oui
Crédits: 3.00

Objectif

This course is a one-semester course covering several prominent theories of contracting, but this is not a standard course in contract theory. Instead, the theories are chosen because of their existing and potential applications - as applied theory in the field of public economics. More precisely, the aim of this course is to present recent developments in the economics of contract and to show how this theoretical framework can be applied to the question of the organization of public services provision.
There are no prerequisites for this course. Although not required, it is expected that most students take the companion course in econometrics "Introduction to applied econometrics" (as econometric issues will be tackled in order to test theoretical hypotheses).

Contenu

The course consists of the following topics:

1. The make-or-buy tradeoff: A Transaction Cost Economics perspective
a. Theoretical framework: The transaction cost theory
b. Specificities of public goods and services on the make-or-buy tradeoff
2. Regulation of network industries: A theory of incentives perspective
3. Public services and importance of the historical and cultural context

Evaluation

Document à rendre & Contrôle continu

Bibliographie

Slides, research articles tba in class

Athias L., 2013, La contractualisation de service public, in Andreas Ladner et al. (éds.) Manuel d'administration publique suisse, Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, pp. 679-697

Athias L., M. Macina and P. Wicht, 2019, Public Private Partnerships: A Swiss Perspective, in Andreas Ladner et al. (éds.) Swiss Public Administration: Making the State Work Successfully, Springer International Publishing, pp. 187-204.

Laffont J.J. and Tirole J., 1993, A Theory of Incentives in Procurement and Regulation, MIT Press.

Laffont J.J. and Tirole J., 2012, Théorie des incitations et réglementation, Economica, Paris.

Saussier S. and Yvrande-Billon A., 2007, Economie des coûts de transaction, Ed. Repères.

Williamson O.E., 1985, The Economic Institutions of Capitalism, The Free Press/Macmillan, New ork.

Williamson O., 1994, Les Institutions de l'économie, InterEditions, Paris.