The Proper Scope of Government: Theory and an Application to Prisons
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 112 (4) , 1127-1161
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300555448
Abstract
When should a government provide a service in-house, and when should it contract out provision? We develop a model in which the provider can invest iKeywords
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