There is a vast, and expanding, literature concerning public services contracting. This growing body of scholarship often
examines governments’ decisions to outsource service production, as well as the resulting relationships and service outcomes. In the
context of local government outsourcing contract management is becoming increasingly important. Holding vendors accountable for service
delivery and outcomes is essential in an era of third-party governance. Contract oversight, and monitoring, in particular is highlighted
as an essential mechanism. Yet, it is often unclear what monitoring tasks are performed, and who in the contractual relationship is
responsible for these tasks. I theorize that, outsourcing high transaction costs services is associated with greater reliance on proxy
monitoring when compared to direct government oversight. The characteristics of the outsourced service can create a range of
government-vendor relationships, and this is true for monitoring tasks as well. Using data from Florida municipalities I examine the
impact of services’ transaction costs on the likelihood public managers rely on proxy monitoring rather than direct government oversight
for nine monitoring tasks. I use two-stage Heckman selection estimation to analyze an original dataset of municipal services. The results
suggest that, when local governments outsource services that are both asset specific and difficult to measure the reliance on proxy
monitoring for some oversight tasks is greater when compared to direct government monitoring. / A Dissertation submitted to the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy in partial
fulfillment of the Doctor of Philosophy. / Fall Semester 2016. / August 10, 2016. / contracting, contract management, contract monitoring, local government, proxy monitoring / Includes bibliographical references. / Kaifeng Yang, Professor Directing Dissertation; Christopher Reenock, University Representative;
Richard Feiock, Committee Member; Frances Berry, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_405545 |
| Contributors | Anguelov, Lachezar G. (authoraut), Yang, Kaifeng (professor directing dissertation), Reenock, Christopher (university representative), Feiock, Richard C. (committee member), Berry, Frances Stokes (committee member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (degree granting college), School of Public Administration and Policy (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource (119 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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