dc.contributor.advisor | Le Roux, Pieter | |
dc.contributor.author | Soto-Vázquez, Abdelali | |
dc.contributor.other | School of Government | |
dc.contributor.other | Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-10T12:59:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007/07/03 14:05 | |
dc.date.available | 2007/07/03 | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-10T12:59:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2048 | |
dc.description | Magister Administrationis - MAdmin | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Public-private partnerships to provide services are a relatively new policy initiative in Mexico, and have shown contrasting results. This research has endeavored to analyze the possible determinants behind the failure, or the success, of the choice of a specific mode of service provision. By using contracting literature based on transaction costs, and looking specifically at the case of AGSAL, a joint venture established between Saltillo, a northern Mexican city, and INTERAGBAR, a private investor, for the provision of water, this study showed that characteristics of the transaction at stake. More specifically, it showed that specificity of the investments that support a given transaction, the unanticipated changes in circumstances surrounding an exchange, either from physical assets or its ownership rights, and the frequency and duration with which parties engage in the transaction. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.subject | Drinking water - Mexico | en_US |
dc.subject | Water-supply | en_US |
dc.subject | Government policy - Mexico | en_US |
dc.subject | Privatization - Mexico | en_US |
dc.subject | Public-private sector cooperation - Mexico | en_US |
dc.title | Explaining the determinants of contractual inefficiencies: the case of water provision in Saltillo, Mexico | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
dc.description.country | South Africa | |