@article{BauerMeier2019,
  author    = {Bauer, Hartmut and Meier, Michael},
  title     = {Green Light for PPP on German Motorways?},
  series = {Frontiers of law in China},
  volume    = {14},
  journal   = {Frontiers of law in China},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Higher education Press},
  address   = {Beijing},
  issn      = {1673-3428},
  doi       = {10.3868/s050-008-019-0016-2},
  pages     = {311 -- 334},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {While public-private partnerships (PPPs) have surged worldwide since the 1990s, they have been met with growing skepticism during the last years. A recent revision of Germany's constitutional rules on motorway construction and observations on the use of PPPs published by both the German and the European Courts of Auditors illustrate this new caution. These two examples fit into a general trend towards a revival of the public sector, which can be summarized under the cross-level umbrella term "publicization." It would, however, be remiss to replace the uncritical euphoria that once surrounded privatization with a similarly undifferentiated euphoria regarding publicization. Rather, it is crucial to identify the most appropriate solution for the fulfilment of each public task from the "toolbox" of publicization on the one hand and privatization on the other hand in order to ensure the most effective completion of public functions.},
  language  = {en}
}
@misc{KlenkPieper2017,
  author    = {Klenk, Tanja and Pieper, Jonas},
  title     = {Accountability in a privatized welfare state},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403251},
  pages     = {31},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {One of the most striking features of recent public sector reform in Europe is privatization. This development raises questions of accountability: By whom and for what are managers of private for-profit organizations delivering public goods held accountable? Analyzing accountability mechanisms through the lens of an institutional organizational approach and on the empirical basis of hospital privatization in Germany, the article contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of public accountability of private actors. The analysis suggests that accountability is not declining but rather multiplying. The shifts in the locus and content of accountability cause organizational stress for private hospitals.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{KlenkPieper2013,
  author    = {Klenk, Tanja and Pieper, Jonas},
  title     = {Accountability in a privatized welfare state the case of the german hospital market},
  series = {Administration \& society},
  volume    = {45},
  journal   = {Administration \& society},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Sage Publ.},
  address   = {Thousand Oaks},
  issn      = {0095-3997},
  doi       = {10.1177/0095399712451890},
  pages     = {326 -- 356},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {One of the most striking features of recent public sector reform in Europe is privatization. This development raises questions of accountability: By whom and for what are managers of private for-profit organizations delivering public goods held accountable? Analyzing accountability mechanisms through the lens of an institutional organizational approach and on the empirical basis of hospital privatization in Germany, the article contributes to the empirical and theoretical understanding of public accountability of private actors. The analysis suggests that accountability is not declining but rather multiplying. The shifts in the locus and content of accountability cause organizational stress for private hospitals.},
  language  = {en}
}
@book{RichterEdeling2010,
  author    = {Richter, Peter and Edeling, Thomas},
  title     = {Zwischen Entlastung und dem Traum von Wohlstand},
  publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam},
  address   = {Potsdam},
  isbn      = {978-3-86956-102-8},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48199},
  publisher      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {155},
  year      = {2010},
  abstract  = {Ausgehend von der These, dass kommunale Unternehmen gerade in strukturschwachen Regionen eine besondere politische und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung besitzen, wird die Entwicklung der kommunalen Wirtschaft im Land Brandenburg untersucht. Die Autoren bereiten dazu in einer L{\"a}ngsschnittanalyse nicht unmittelbar dazu abrufbare Daten der {\"o}ffentlichen Statistik auf und untersetzen die statistische Analyse durch eine Einzelfallstudie. Im Ergebnis wird deutlich, dass Entscheidungen {\"u}ber Privatisierungen oder Kommunalisierungen keinen „Sachgesetzlichkeiten" folgen, sondern politisch in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit von Situationsinterpretationen, Denkstilen, Macht- und Interessenkonstellationen getroffen werden. Die Offenheit der Entscheidung {\"u}ber die Zukunft der kommunalen Wirtschaft verweist damit auf politischen Handlungsspielraum und die politische Verantwortung f{\"u}r Ausbau, Erhalt oder Privatisierung kommunaler Unternehmen.},
  language  = {de}
}