Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

1925 - 2025

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Volume 78, issue 4, 2007

EXIT, CHOICE OR LOYALTY: PATIENT DRIVEN COMPETITION IN PRIMARY CARE pp. 501-535

Rosella Levaggi and Lise Rochaix

AGENCY COSTS OF THIRD‐PARTY FINANCING AND THE EFFECTS OF REGULATORY CHANGE ON UTILITY COSTS AND FACTOR CHOICES pp. 537-565

Francis J. Cronin and Stephen A. Motluk

DEPOSITOR DISCIPLINE, REGULATORY CONTROL, AND A BANKING CRISIS: A STUDY OF INDIAN URBAN COOPERATIVE BANKS pp. 567-594

Niranjan Chipalkatti, K. Ramesha and Meenakshi Rishi

LES BANQUES COOPÉRATIVES FRANÇAISES DANS LES ANNÉES 1990–2000: SPÉCIALISATION DES ACTIVITÉS ET PERFORMANCES pp. 595-628

Catherine Sifakis‐kapetanakis

LES LOGIQUES D'ACTEURS DES FINANCES SOLIDAIRES CONTEMPORAINES: DE LA RESISTANCE A LA RESILIENCE? pp. 629-661

Marie‐Thérèse Taupin and Pascal Glémain

Volume 78, issue 3, 2007

FOREWORD pp. 327-330

Gabriel Obermann

LIBERALIZATION OF EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SECTORAL DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURAL MUTATIONS pp. 331-351

Philippe Bance

THE NEW MODEL OF THE RAILWAY INDUSTRY IN SPAIN WITHIN THE EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK pp. 353-380

J. Barea, Dolores Dizy and Olga Ruiz-Cañete

MODES OF GOVERNANCE IN THE DUTCH SOCIAL HOUSING SECTOR pp. 381-413

Pieter Ruys, Jan Bruil and Henry Dix

THE PROVISION OF LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICES THROUGH MIXED ENTERPRISES: THE ITALIAN CASE pp. 415-437

Giuseppe Bognetti and Lorenzo Robotti

THE STRATEGIC PROCESS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF A TENDER pp. 439-454

Ola Mattisson and Anna Thomasson

THE GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES: THE QUEBEC EXPERIENCE pp. 455-474

Luc Bernier and Louis Simard

THE ROLE OF THE STATE AS GUARANTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES: TRANSACTION COST ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE pp. 475-500

Gabriel Obermann

Volume 78, issue 2, 2007

HIGH AND LOW BIDS IN TENDERS: STRATEGIC PRICING AND OTHER BIDDING BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC TENDERS OF PASSENGER RAILWAY SERVICES pp. 161-194

Gunnar Alexandersson and Staffan Hultén

FONDEMENTS ET IMPLICATIONS DE LA DIVERSITÉ ORGANISATIONNELLE AU SEIN DU COMMERCE ÉQUITABLE pp. 195-219

Benjamin Huybrechts

A BUREAUCRAT'S PROCUREMENT STRATEGY: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND RATIONING pp. 221-244

Signe Anthon, Peter Bogetoft and Bo Thorsen

INTERNAL REGULATION BY MIXED ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN WATER SECTOR pp. 245-275

Alessandro Marra

AUSTRALIAN CREDIT UNIONS AND THE DEMUTUALIZATION AGENDA pp. 277-300

Kevin Davis

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS AMONG SAVINGS BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS IN THE SPANISH CONTEXT pp. 301-326

Carmen Valor, Ricardo Palomo, Javier Iturrioz and José Luis Mateu

Volume 78, issue 1, 2007

MEASURING QUANTITY‐QUALITY TRADE‐OFFS IN REGULATION: THE BRAZILIAN FREIGHT RAILWAYS CASE pp. 1-20

Antonio Estache, Sergio Perelman and Lourdes Trujillo

CONFIANCE DANS LES ASSOCIATIONS DE DEFENSE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT ET OPPOSITION AUX OGM EN EUROPE pp. 21-56

Samira Chaklatti and Damien Rousselière

RELATIONAL GOODS, MONITORING AND NON‐PECUNIARY COMPENSATIONS IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR: THE CASE OF THE ITALIAN SOCIAL SERVICES pp. 57-86

Michele Mosca, Marco Musella and Francesco Pastore

INTERNATIONAL TRENDS IN WATER UTILITY REGIMES pp. 87-135

Yeti Nisha Madhoo

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING ON PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO NONPROFIT PERFORMING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS pp. 137-160

Thomas Smith

Volume 77, issue 4, 2006

AUCTIONS AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT INTRODUCTION pp. 395-399

Carine Staropoli and Anne Yvrande‐Billon

THE IMPORTANCE OF REPUTATION IN AWARDING PUBLIC CONTRACTS pp. 401-429

Nicola Doni

CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC CONTRACTING AUCTIONS: THE ROLE OF TRANSPARENCY IN BIDDING PROCESSES pp. 431-452

Frédéric Boehm and Juanita Olaya

THE ATTRIBUTION PROCESS OF DELEGATION CONTRACTS IN THE FRENCH URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SECTOR: WHY COMPETITIVE TENDERING IS A MYTH pp. 453-478

Anne Yvrande‐Billon

RENEGOTIATION OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONCESSIONS: AN OVERVIEW pp. 479-493

J. Luis Guasch and Stephane Straub

LE RENOUVELLEMENT PÉRIODIQUE DES CONTRATS DE CONCESSION: LE CAS DES SERVICES DE L'EAU pp. 495-520

Cécile Aubert, Philippe Bontems and François Salanié

AUCTIONS, EX POST COMPETITION AND PRICES: THE EFFICIENCY OF PUBLIC‐PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS pp. 521-554

Eshien Chong, Freddy Huet and Stephane Saussier

USING LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO DESIGN EFFICIENT MARKET INSTITUTIONS: THE CASE OF WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS pp. 555-577

Carine Staropoli and Céline Jullien

Volume 77, issue 3, 2006

APPLICATION OF PANEL DATA MODELS IN BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION SECTOR pp. 271-290

Mehdi Farsi, Massimo Filippini and William Greene

REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE TRANSFORMATIONS IN LIBERALISING ELECTRICITY INDUSTRIES pp. 291-307

Eva Niesten

THE SOCIAL EFFICIENCY OF INSTRUMENTS FOR THE PROMOTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN THE LIBERALISED POWER INDUSTRY pp. 309-343

Dominique Finon

COOPERATION INTER‐REGIONALE: VERS UN ECHANGE D'EXPERIENCE pp. 345-368

Damien Talbot and Marie‐Pierre Philippe‐Dussine

WHO GETS PRIVATISED? AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF POLISH MANUFACTURING pp. 369-384

Katarzyna Mikolajczyk and Barbara Roberts

GOVERNANCE IN RELATION TO INFANT MORTALITY RATE: EVIDENCE FROM AROUND THE WORLD pp. 385-394

Emiliya Lazarova

Volume 77, issue 2, 2006

L'INNOVATION SOCIALE: UNE Introduction pp. 129-138

Denis Harrisson and Martine Vézina

De l’expérimentation À l’institutionnalisation positive: l’innovation sociale dans le logement communautaire au Québec pp. 139-166

Marie J. Bouchard

Innovations du travail et syndicats de la fonction publique: un partenariat À construire pp. 167-195

Denis Harrisson and Guy Bellemare

Coopératives de solidarité, développement et pérennité d’une innovation sociale. une étude comparative de deux expériences québécoises pp. 197-220

Geneviève Langlois and Jean‐Pierre Girard

L’encadrement sectoriel de l’expression citoyenne: innovation sociale dans la democratie locale pp. 221-246

Stefan Bratosin

Accounting for the social economy: the socioeconomic impact statement pp. 247-269

Laurie Mook and Jack Quarter

Volume 77, issue 1, 2006

Earnings, Schooling and Social Capital of Cooperative Managers pp. 1-20

Carlos Barros

Microcredit in the North: An Institutional, Impact and Dependence Analysis Applied to the Spanish Case pp. 21-52

Begoña Gutiérrez‐nieto

DÉterminants de la Performance de Remboursement Dans Les Institutions de MicroFinance au BÉnin pp. 53-81

Albert N. Honlonkou, Denis H. Acclassato and Célestin Venant C. Quenum

Investigating the solvency of brazilian credit unions using a proportional hazard model pp. 83-106

Marcelo Braga, Valéria G. Fully Bressan, Enrico A. Colosimo and Aureliano Bressan

Structural Changes in the Development of European Co‐operative Societes pp. 107-127

Josefina Fernández Guadaño

Volume 76, issue 4, 2005

L’économie Social e et Coopérative Des Associationnistes: De La Critique Des Fondements De L’économie Politique à La Régulation Sociale Du Marché pp. 517-543

Danièle Demoustier and Damien Rousselière

Property Right and Organizational Characteristics of Producer‐owned Firms and Organizational Trust pp. 545-580

Harvey James and Michael Sykuta

Introduction: Nouvelles formes de régulation et de coordination dans la gouvernance des entreprises collectives pp. 581-584

Marie J. Bouchard

De l’alliance à la gouvernance: logiques d’action et logiques d’acteurs dans un centre financier aux entreprises desjardins pp. 585-620

Julie St‐pierre and Marie J. Bouchard

Gouvernance Territoriale et Réseaux: Une Illustration Par L’Accompagnement à La Création D’Entreprises En France pp. 621-644

Nadine Richez‐Battesti and Patrick Gianfaldoni

Caractérisation Des Rapports Entre L’état et Le Tiers Secteur Associatif Au Sein Du Système Sociosanitaire Québécois: L’émergence De Nouveaux Modes De Coordination pp. 645-675

Christian Jetté

Volume 76, issue 3, 2005

Financial Cooperatives: Structure, Conduct and Performance pp. 301-305

Donal G. McKillop

The Power of Networks: Integration and Financial Cooperative Performance pp. 307-354

Martin Desrochers and Klaus Fischer

Credit Unions and the Supply of Insurance to Low Income Households pp. 355-374

Pat McGregor

US Credit Unions: An Empirical Investigation of Size, Age and Growth pp. 375-406

John Goddard and John Wilson

Rating Cooperative and Commercial Bank Bonds: a comparative approach pp. 407-435

Marc‐André Flageole and Jean Roy

Imposing Capital Controls on Credit Unions: An Analysis of Regulatory Intervention in Australia pp. 437-460

Andrew Greinke

An Investigation into the Link between UK Credit Union Characteristics, Location and their Success pp. 461-489

Ann‐Marie Ward and Donal G. McKillop

Why do Agricultural Credit Cooperatives Merge? The Portuguese Experience pp. 491-516

Paula Cabo and João Rebelo

Volume 76, issue 2, 2005

Regulation and state ownership: conflicts and complementarities in eu telecommunications pp. 151-177

Johannes M. Bauer

Predicting financial failure: some evidence from new brunswick agricultural co‐ops pp. 179-194

Jorge Dietrich, F. J. Arcelus and G. Srinivasan

Social enterprise for work integration in 12 european countries: a descriptive analysis pp. 195-231

Roger Spear and Eric Bidet

Une évaluation des effets de la privatisation sur l’accès aux ressources en eau dans les pays en développement pp. 233-255

Luisa Sciandra

Welfare Effects of Price Integration in Local Public Transport pp. 257-274

Alberto Cassone and Carla Marchese

Sulphur emissions and productivity growth in industrialised countries pp. 275-300

Philippe Barla and Sergio Perelman

Volume 76, issue 1, 2005

Principal Agent Relationships and UK Regulated Utilities pp. 1-4

Hussein Kassim and Catherine Waddams Price

UK Utility Regulation: Licences, Commitment and Judicial Review pp. 5-33

Michael Harker

Regulatory Contracts and Stakeholder Regulation pp. 35-57

Tony Prosser

Managing the Political Life Cycle of Regulation in the UK and German Telecommunication Sectors pp. 59-84

David Coen

Implications of Regulation Policy Incentives for Strategic Control: An Integrative Model pp. 85-119

Vinh Sum Chau and Barry J. Witcher

Incentive Regulation and Efficient Pricing pp. 121-149

Monica Giulietti and Catherine Waddams Price