Competition
This section contains resources relating to competition and competition drivers in the delivery of public services.
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Government in Markets - Why competition matters. A guide for policy makers (PDF) Office of Fair Trading (OFT), 2009 This policy guide sets out the essential aspects of effective government intervention in markets: intervention that encourages competition, minimises unforeseen consequences and fosters long-term market dynamism. UK
More Competition, Less Waste: Public Procurement and Competition in the Municipal Waste Management Sector (PDF) Office of Fair Trading, 2006 OFT 841: The report aims to identify how the use of landfil to dispose of municipal waste in England could be reduced through the development of competitive markets. It also considers how competition could be enhanced for the municipal waste collection services, drawing primarily on research conducted as part of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Second Kelly Market (SKM) waste management project. UK
Enforcing Competition in Markets (PDF) House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, 2006 The Stationery Office HC 841 UK
Public Policy: Using Market-Based Approaches (PDF) Hahn, Robert; Coombs, Justin; Kalmus, Ciara; Razo, Carlos; Curry, Katherine, 2005 Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) The report examines how competition and market forces can be used to improve the way that public policy is implemented. DTI Economics Paper No. 14. UK
From Competition to Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: A New Agenda for Research Entwistle, Tom and Martin, Steve, 2005 Public Administration, Volume 83, Issue 1, Page 233
Assessing the impact of public sector procurement on competition
Office of Fair Trading, 2004
Volume 1: Summary
Assessing the impact of public sector procurement on competition
Office of Fair Trading, 2004
Volume 2: Case Studies
Assessing the impact of public sector procurement on competition
Office of Fair Trading , 2004
Improving Competition and Improving Long-Term Capacity Planning in the Government Market Place (PDF) Kelly, Christopher, 2003 Office of Government Commerce A report advising government on further steps to be taken to increase competition and improve long-term planning in markets where it possesses significant purchasing power. UK
Private Competition for Public Services: Unfinished Agenda in New York State (PDF) McMahon, E. J.; Moore, Adrian and Segal Geoffrey F., 2003 Centre for Civic Innovation at the Manhattan Institute This report examines the scope for competition in the delivery of government services in New York and the principles behind a good competitive process. It also looks at what the state can learn from other governments' competitive contracting models such as the federal government model and the model of the Commonwealth of Virginia. USA
Competition and Efficiency in Publicly Funded Services (PDF) Lungsgaard, Jens, 2002 OECD Economic Studies No. 35, 2003, vol. I 2002, no. 76 2, pp. 103 - 164 The purpose of this article is to review the extent to which OECD countries have opened up to the provision of different publicly funded services. Findings in the article show that there has been no single common method of providing publicly funded services in these countries. It explores the pattern of arrangements being used in public services by the OECD countries, mainly focusing on education. The author concludes that public funding and service supply is increasingly being decoupled in the interests of improving service provision and cost efficiency.
Competition, Marketisation, Public Services and Public Ethics Harris T., 1999 Blackwell Publishing: Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 58, Number 4, December 1999, pp. 32-38(7) Australia