Organizing Prisons through Public-Private Partnerships: a Cross-Country Investigation
| Autor | Sandro Cabral - Stéphane Saussier |
| Cargo | Universidade Federal da Bahia, EA/UFBA, Salvador, BA, Brazil - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France |
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BAR, Rio de Janeiro, v. 10, n. 1, art. 6,
pp. 100-120, Jan./Mar. 2013
Organizing Prisons through Public-Private Partnerships: a Cross-
Country Investigation
Sandro Cabral *
E-mail address: scabral@ufba.br
Universidade Federal da Bahia – EA/UFBA
Salvador, BA, Brazil.
Stéphane Saussier
E-mail address: saussier@univ-paris1.fr
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Paris, France.
* Corresponding author: Sandro Cabral
Av. Reitor Miguel Calmon, s/n, 3.andar, Salvador, BA, 40110-903, Brazil.
Received 27 January 2012; received in revised form 12 June 2012; accepted 2 September 2012;
published online 27 November 2012.
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Abstract
In this paper, we analyze the private participation in prison services in three countries: Brazil, France, and the
United States. We highlight striking differences in efficiency between these countries and argue that the
explanation for these differences is not restricted to the way property rights are distributed (i.e. public vs. private
management). Instead, our analysis suggests that understanding those differences also requires an analysis of the
incentives provided by contractual choices as well as decision and revenue rights distribution and institutional
constraints. The theoretical literature usually analyzes these blocks separately, and often focuses on property
rights distribution. We argue that an efficient arrangement is the result of th e way these elements are combined,
giving rise to a distinctive governance structure.
Key words: public-private partnerships; contractual choices; private prisons.
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