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Contract Type and the Cost of Provision: Evidence from Maintenance Service Contracts
Fiscal Studies, Vol.30(2), pp.279-296
2009
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Abstract
More than half a billion dollars are spent each year on the maintenance of Australia's urban water and sewerage networks. Expenditure is governed through a mix of in‐house and outsourced maintenance service contracts. We re‐examine issues relating to the relationship between the cost of maintenance service provision and the type of contract used. We take advantage of the fact that water retailers in Melbourne use a mix of contract types – including fixed‐price (FP) and cost‐plus (C+) contracts – for the provision of water and sewerage network maintenance services. Our results suggest that the C+ contract results in substantial savings.
Details
- Title
- Contract Type and the Cost of Provision: Evidence from Maintenance Service Contracts
- Creators
- Paul H Jensen - University of MelbourneRobin E Stonecash - Macquarie University
- Publication Details
- Fiscal Studies, Vol.30(2), pp.279-296
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Oxford, UK
- Number of pages
- 18
- Identifiers
- 991012877800202368
- Academic Unit
- School of Business and Tourism; National Centre for Flood Research; Management; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article