L’inefficience des partenariats public-privé appliqués aux prisons françaises

On the basis of task bundling and on a private ownership of equipment, public-private partnerships (PPP) should be more efficient than public procurement (PuP). However, some French PPPs do not produce this extra-efficiency. This is particularly the case of newly-created French prisons. In continuation of the literature on PPPs, we study this case of prison construction in order to clarify the reasons for this PPP inefficiency. Thus, we highlight how the transition from a PuP to a PPP can lead to an oligopoly that generates a rent in a low competitive environment. We also highlight the fact that the partnership consortium is imperfect and does not generate the expected incentive system