THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES, INFORMATION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES

THE ROLE OF INCENTIVES, INFORMATION AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC SERVICES

ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

10th and 11th December 2009

Sponsored by
European Commission through its Marie Curie Programme ARC Program "Actions de Recherche Concertées", Communauté Française de Belgique
Bernard Van Ommeslaghe Chair

Co-organised by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and ECARES, (ULB)

Programme


THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER
09.30 - 10.00	Registration and Coffee
Session 1:	Session Topic
10.00 - 11.00	Optimal Delegation with a Finite Number of States *Vincent Anesi (University of Nottingham) Daniel J. Seidmann (University of Nottingham)
Discussant:	Guido Maretto (ECARES)
11.00 - 12.00	Optimal Public Rationing and Price Response *Simona Grassi (Université de Lausanne) Ching-to Albert Ma (Boston University)
Discussant:	Sanxi Li (Toulouse School of Economics)
12.00 - 12.30	Coffee Break
12.30 - 13.30	The Dynamics of Prices in Auctions with Financial Constraints Pablo Beker (University of Warwick) *Ángel Hernando-Veciana (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Discussant:	Ian Jewitt (University of Oxford and CEPR)
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch
Session 2:	Session Topic
14.30 - 15.30	Public versus private ownership: Quantity contracts and the allocation of investment tasks *Eva Hoppe (University of Cologne) Patrick W. Schmitz (University of Cologne)
Discussant:	Pierre Picard (Université de Luxembourg)
20.00	Dinner
FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER
Session 3:	Session Topic
09.00 - 10.00	Curbing Cream-Skimming: Evidence on Enrolment Incentives *Pascal Courty (European University Institute and CEPR) Do-Han Kim (University at Albany) Gerald Marschke (University at Albany)
Discussant:	Matthew Dickson (CMPO - Bristol University)
10.00 - 11.00	Public Sector Employees: Risk Averse and Altruistic? Margaretha Buurman (Erasmus University) *Robert Dur (Erasmus University) Seth Van den Bossche (TNO)
Discussant:	Paul Grout (CMPO - Bristol University and CEPR)
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.30	Managerial Talent, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Public Management *Josse Delfgaauw (Erasmus University) Robert Dur (Erasmus University)
Discussant:	Patrick Legros (ECARES and CEPR)
12.30 - 13.30	Creaming-skimming, Parking and other Intended and Unintended Effects of Performance-Based Contracting Carolyn J. Heinrich (University of Wisconsin-Madison) *Pierre Koning (Centraal Plan Bureau)
Discussant:	Paddy Carter (CMPO - Bristol University)
13.30 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 15.30	Government Opportunism in Public-Private Partnerships Vanessa Valero (Université de Toulouse I)
Discussant:	Heiko Karle (ECARES)
15.30	End of Conference
Speakers have 40 minutes to present and discussants 10 minutes, leaving 10 minutes for general discussion.
Organizers:	Mathias Dewatripont (ECARES and CEPR) Antonio Estache (ECARES and CEPR) Paul Grout (Bristol University and CEPR)

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