Incentives of Early Termination Compensation in Public-Private Partnership Projects

Public-private partnership (PPP) projects often end in early termination and the governments must compensate private-sector partners and take over project assets. Based on multicountry experience, this article proposes a systematic approach on when and how to compensate efficiently and fairly. A com...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on engineering management 2023-06, Vol.70 (6), p.2220-2232
Main Authors: Xiong, Wei, Han, Yilong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytical models
Case study
Compensation
Contracts
early termination
Education
Government
Incentives
Investment
Partnerships
Public private partnerships
public–private partnerships (PPPs)
Systematics
Voting
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Summary:Public-private partnership (PPP) projects often end in early termination and the governments must compensate private-sector partners and take over project assets. Based on multicountry experience, this article proposes a systematic approach on when and how to compensate efficiently and fairly. A compensation model was first developed to quantify the amount paid to the private-sector partners when early termination occurs, and built upon that, an incentive model was proposed to analyze the incentives of both contracting parties. We then testified our propositions through two realistic cases. In line with the incomplete contract theory and the reference point theory, the findings demonstrate that the proposed compensation method increases the the private sector's incentives of relationship-specific investments, but discourages its efforts to prevent early termination in serious risk scenarios. This article not only contributes to the theoretical development of PPPs on contract design and incentive mechanisms, but also offers solutions for practitioners in the early termination of PPP projects.
ISSN:0018-9391
1558-0040
DOI:10.1109/TEM.2021.3074662