Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/26205 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 2161
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze the economic consequences of strategic delegation of the right to decide between public or private provision of governmental service and/or the authority to negotiate and renegotiate with the chosen service provider. Our model encompass both bureaucratic delegation from a government to a privatization agency and electoral delegation from voters to a government. We identify two powerfull effects of delegation when contracts are incomplete: The incentive effect increases the incentive part of service providers' remuneration and we show that strategic delegation may substitute formal incentive contracts. The bargaining effect improves the bargaining position vis a vis a private firm with market power and leads to a lower price for the service.
Subjects: 
outsourcing
strategic delegation
incentives
incomplete contracting
market power
representative democracy
JEL: 
D72
L33
L97
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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