Fredrik Andersson
Professor, Head of the Department of Economics
Market Solutions
Author
Editor
- Irvine Lapsley
- Hans Knutsson
Summary, in English
The reliance on market solutions by the Swedish public sector has increased significantly in recent decades. The Swedish example is characterized by an openness to market solutions in many public-sector activities and by a mix of procurement arrangements and choice-based arrangements. The overall experience is that the consequences of the extension of market solutions have been less profound than has been argued by either proponents or adversaries. The benefit of an extended reliance on market solutions is hard to evaluate, but in the examples considered in this chapter – elderly care, schooling and health care – a cautious interpretation is that there is evidence of some modest positive effects and little evidence of severely adverse effects.
Department/s
- Department of Economics
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Pages
181-192
Publication/Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Routledge
Topic
- Economics
- Public Administration Studies
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-1-315-56032-8
- ISBN: 978-1-138-67594-0