Presentation and paper from Thomas Ross' lecture on Efficiency vs. Flexibility in Public-Private Partnerships

On October 22 Canadian PPP expert Thomas Ross visited the CBS Public-Private Platform for a seminar on Efficiency vs. Flexibility in Public-Private Partnerships. Read more and find his presentation and the paper leading up to the seminar here.

10/25/2013

The CBS Public-Private Platform continued on October 22nd its autumn seminar series about Public-Private Partnerships with a research seminar with leading Canadian expert on Public-Private Partnerships Thomas Ross from Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

At the seminar Thomas Ross presented his new paper on PPPs. The paper is on “Efficiency vs. Flexibility in Public-Private Partnerships” (co-author Jing Yan) and focuses on what governments can do when it chooses between a PPP project and traditional procurement. According to Ross & Yan, the decision depends (among other things) on the likelihood that changes will be necessary during the contract period. Download the paper: rossyanefficiencyvsflexibility.ashx_.pdf

The presentation from the seminar can also be downloaded: ross_ppp_deck_oct_22_2013.pptx

 

Thomas Ross is a leading Canadian expert on Public-Private Partnerships. He is a Professor of Regulation and Competition Policy at Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. He is also Director of the Phelps Center for the Study of Business and Government. He has written influential journal articles and book chapters on PPPs.
Thomas Ross is Guest Professor at Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, in the fall of 2013.

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