Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Abgeschlossen: 2015
As the Austrian partner organisation for the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report, WIFO undertakes a survey
among leading business managers.
Forschungsbereich:Industrie-, Innovations- und internationale Ökonomie
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – ECORYS Holding BV
In order to ensure that certain "public services" are guaranteed and available for the public, EU member countries can impose
specific obligations on public or private service providers. The objective of this study is to assess how public services
are financed and when those arrangements may create competition problems. The two key tasks are: 1. identifying the provided
public services and developing a typology of used financing models, and 2. identifiying (potential) competition and efficiency
problems for the selected sectors and countries and subsequent mapping to the financing models. This study focuses on the
service provision in three sectors (waste, hospitals, broadband technology) within seven countries and is based on publically
available information. The identification and description of the provided public services and their financing models (first
key task) is primarily based on the assessment of the actual public intervention. Beside the financial mechanisms, attention
is also paid to regulation and public ownership. With regard to the second key task, the main focus is on the (risk of) overcompensation
and cross-subsidisation. This is in line with the general (state aid) principle that public service providers should not "profit"
from the fact that they carry out this service.
Studie von: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – ECORYS Holding BV
Abgeschlossen: 2016
In order to ensure that certain "public services" are guaranteed and available for the public, EU member countries can impose
specific obligations on public or private service providers. The objective of this study is to assess how public services
are financed and when those arrangements may create competition problems. The two key tasks are: 1. identifying the provided
public services and developing a typology of used financing models, and 2. identifiying (potential) competition and efficiency
problems for the selected sectors and countries and subsequent mapping to the financing models. This study focuses on the
service provision in three sectors (waste, hospitals, broadband technology) within seven countries and is based on publically
available information. The identification and description of the provided public services and their financing models (first
key task) is primarily based on the assessment of the actual public intervention. Beside the financial mechanisms, attention
is also paid to regulation and public ownership. With regard to the second key task, the main focus is on the (risk of) overcompensation
and cross-subsidisation. This is in line with the general (state aid) principle that public service providers should not "profit"
from the fact that they carry out this service.