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• Comparing PPP with traditional procurement: the case of schools procurement in Ireland 

  O'Shea, Cian; Palcic, Dónal; Reeves, Eoin (Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2018)

  Advocates of public-private partnerships (PPPs) argue that they can deliver public infrastructure more efficiently than traditional procurement through timelier completion and superior value for money. Despite these claims ...
• An economic analysis of privatisation in Ireland, 1991-2003 

  Palcic, Dónal; Reeves, Eoin (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)

  Although a late starter with regard to privatising State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Ireland was recently ranked 8th among OECD countries in terms of relative privatisation activity. This paper presents the first detailed ...
• The impact of contracting out on the costs of refuse collection services: the case of Ireland 

  Reeves, Eoin; Barrow, Michael (Economic and Social Research Institute, 2000)

  This paper examines the impact of contracting out on the costs incurred by local authorities in providing refuse collection services. Using original survey data for the Republic of Ireland, three methods of estimating the ...
• Costly business : privatisation and exchequer finances in Ireland 

  Palcic, Dónal; Reeves, Eoin (Institute of Public Administration, Ireland, 2010)
• The only game in town: public private partnerships in the Irish water services sector 

  Reeves, Eoin (Economic and Social Research Institute, 2011)

  Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) transfer significant responsibility for infrastructure and public service delivery to the private sector. This raises questions in relation to accountability in the context of PPP. An ...