 Rethinking on public enterprise: editorial introduction and some personal remarks on the research agendaInternational Review of Applied Economics, 2013, vol. 27, issue 2, 135-149 Abstract: This editorial introduction of the Special Issue of the International Review of Applied Economics on ‘Public enterprises and quality of institutions: alternatives to privatisation’ suggests some topics for a research agenda, and discusses how the papers included in the Special Issue contribute to the literature. The topics discussed in the Special Issue include new models of public ownership in energy industries, new trends of re-municipalisation of local public services (energy and water), regulation and public ownership, particularly in water supply, empirical evidence on productivity of public firms in electricity generation when the quality of government is good, internationalisation of government owned corporations in the telecommunication industry, the social benefits of public monopoly versus unbundling in network industries, and the role of intrinsic public service motivation of employees in governmental organisations at large. Some of these research issues are still in their infancy and potentially are important ingredients of a wider debate aiming at reviving public enterprise economics. Date: 2013 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:irapec:v:27:y:2013:i:2:p:135-149 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2013.785664 Access Statistics for this article International Review of Applied Economics is currently edited by Professor Malcolm Sawyer More articles in International Review of Applied Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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