Government projects Flashcards
PPP
Government service or private business venture that is funded or operated through partnership of public and private sector
3 benefits of PPP
Prevents moral hazard and x-inefficiency
Risk transfers to private sector
Reduces opportunity cost of government capital
disadvantages of PPP
Administrative inefficiency
Objective clash of profit vs quality
Hold-up problem (non-contractual investment avoided to keep bargaining power)
CBA
Technique to determine whether a project should go ahead (Arden University)
2 benefits of CBA
Reduces OC of decisions
Terminates emotional element of managerial decisions
2 negatives of CBA
Shadow pricing costly and inaccurate
Stakeholders are decision makers and have different motives