Public-private partnerships from budget constraints: Looking for debt hiding?

Marco Buso, Frédéric Marty and Phuong Tra Tran
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Marco Buso: Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua

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Abstract: The use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to realize and operate public infrastructures is often associated with fiscal-circumventing motivations. Using data at the municipal level, this paper investigates whether budget-constrained public authorities adopt PPPs in order to hide public debt. The results show that financial difficulties often lead to a preference for PPPs instead of traditional forms of public procurement, but this behaviour is not explained by the possibility of debt-hiding. Explanations for these findings are discussed.

Keywords: Public-private partnership; Debt hiding; Budget constraint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02-08
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Published in International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, 51, pp.56-84

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Journal Article: Public-private partnerships from budget constraints: Looking for debt hiding? (2017)
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