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The Redistributive Role of Non-profit Organizations (2006)
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@MISC{Cerulli06theredistributive,
author = {Giovanni Cerulli and Giovanni Cerulli},
title = {The Redistributive Role of Non-profit Organizations},
year = {2006}
}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT. By starting from the consideration that non-profit organizations cover a significant redistributive function beside that of governmental agencies, the paper questions why government prefers to finance via transfers private entities likewise lucrative and non-lucrative entities rather than produce these goods directly. By generalizing the Hansmann (1986) theory we propose a “make or buy ” approach in which the choice among three different ownership regimes (governmental, non-profit and for-profit) providing services in public benefit oriented sectors is affected not only by costs reduction (X-efficiency) but also by the level of transfers (degree of “universalism”) decided at a political level.
