Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cabral, Sandro
• Lazzarini, Sergio G.
• de Azevedo, Paulo Furquim

Titel

Private operation with public supervision: evidence of hybrid modes of governance in prisons

Ist Teil von

• Public choice, 2010-10, Vol.145 (1/2), p.281-293

Ort / Verlag

Boston: Springer

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Received theories suggest a possible cost-quality tradeoff when private outsourcing arrangements are used in public services. Using data from Brazilian prisons, our study provides evidence that contradicts this prediction: the prisons not only run at a lower cost, but also show similar or improved performance on a range of quality indicators. The attenuation of the cost-quality dilemma in our context is due to the hybrid management, which allocates control rights to a state-appointed public supervisor. We also discuss conditions in which the public supervisor may refrain from colluding with the private agent, therefore guaranteeing an effective monitoring of service quality.