Optimizing performance-based mechanisms in road management: an agency theory approach

This paper develops a model based on the agency theory to analyse road management systems that employ a mechanism of performance indicators to establish the payment for the contractor. The base assumption is the asymmetric information between a principal (Public Authorities) and an agent (contractor...

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Main Author: Antonio Sánchez Soliño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research
Online Access:https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/ejtir/article/view/3092