Multidimensionality and Renegotiation: Evidence from Transport-Sector Public-Private-Partnership Transactions in Latin America

30 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Antonio Estache

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)

J. Luis Guasch

World Bank - Finance, Private Sector and Infrastructure Sector (LCSFP)

Atsushi Iimi

International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Bank

Lourdes Trujillo

Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado; University College of London (UCL)

Date Written: July 1, 2008

Abstract

Multidimensional auctions are a natural and practical solution when auctioneers pursue more than one objective in their public-private-partnership transactions. However, it is difficult to achieve auction efficiency with multiple award criteria. Using auction data from road and railway concessions in Latin America, the probability of renegotiation this paper estimates by a two-stage least squares technique with a binary selection in the first-stage regression. The findings show that auctioneers tend to adopt the multidimensional format when the need for social considerations, such as alleviation of unemployment, is high. This implies that such political considerations could hinder efficiency and transparency in auctions. The analysis also shows that the renegotiation risk in infrastructure concessions increases when multidimensional auctions are used. Rather, good governance, particularly anti-corruption policies, can mitigate the renegotiation problem.

Keywords: Transport Economics Policy & Planning, Debt Markets, Infrastructure Economics, E-Business, Emerging Markets

Suggested Citation

Estache, Antonio and Guasch, José Luis and Iimi, Atsushi and Trujillo-Castellano, Lourdes, Multidimensionality and Renegotiation: Evidence from Transport-Sector Public-Private-Partnership Transactions in Latin America (July 1, 2008). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4665, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1232761

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Atsushi Iimi

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Lourdes Trujillo-Castellano

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