Solving procurement problems in public transport: Examining multi-principal roles in relation to effective control mechanisms
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2010
Subject Area
economics - subsidy, mode - bus, organisation - governance, organisation - regulation, place - europe
Keywords
public transport, public procurement, infringement, principal-agent, European Union
Abstract
Despite the EU’s increasing role in regulating public transport procurement, few studies have considered this aspect when analysing procurement problems of public transport. This paper examines how the institutional relationships between different actors, including international governmental bodies, in public transport effects the possibility of exerting control over a county public transport authority (PTA) in a multi-principal setting. The analysis is carried out using empirical material from an infringement process including a Swedish PTA and the EU. The conclusions have clear policy implications for the procedural order when exerting control over the PTA in cases of procurement problems. It is for example shown, that the implementation process would be much more efficient if the regulations allowed the EU to impose sanctions directly towards the local authorities without having to involve the national government when the procurement laws are violated.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract given by Elsevier, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Hansson, L. (2010). Solving procurement problems in public transport: Examining multi-principal roles in relation to effective control mechanisms. Research in Transportation Economics, Vol. 29, (1), pp. 124-132.
Comments
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