Ensaios sobre parcerias público-privadas: uma abordagem microeconômica

Abstract

The Public-Private Partnerships (PPP or 3Ps) consisted of an arrange formed by public and private sector in order to provide infrastructure services which were before provided by the government. One of its most relevant aspects is the risksharing among both agents and the possibility of investments in infrastructure overcoming the government budget constraint. In the first paper it has done a review about what are the main advantages and inconveniences on the partnerships formations. It has emphasized the possibility of the gains from both parts because of the management process efficiency of private sector. Nevertheless, the asymmetric information and the politic problems could be generated by interests groups. In this contextualization, the second work assesses a theoretical model of PPPs applied to hospitals. Due to, the moral hazard problem the best alternative is to outsourcing the contracting of health professionals. Another important result is that PPPs has shown itself as a relevant public policy tool if the State gets balance the parameters that adjusts its budget constraint and establish contractual rules which define the best way the quality level because the monitoring difficulty. Finally, the results show that PPPs formations are valid and the governments should establish rigid contracts as a protection risk measure and the informational difference. These partnerships might be used as an alternative of public traditional agreement and if were well conducted it may present good results and benefit both involved parts in this arrange.