How to Harness the Positive Potential of KKN

Explaining Variation in the Private Sector Provision of Public Goods in Indonesia

Bibliographic Data

ID20303382
AuthorsJamie S Davidson (National University of Singapore, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume46
Issue10
Pages1729-1748
Publication date2010-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220388.2010.492866
OpenAlexW2019303167
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited20

This article argues that the two prevailing perspectives that explain private sector participation in infrastructure in developing countries – new institutional economics and the rent-seeking approach – cannot account for the evident variations within and across sectors in a given country. This study uses two cases from Indonesia's attempt to promote private investment in toll road construction to demonstrate that a firm-level analysis is adequate to the task. In particular, the specific incentive structure that a rent-seeker faces may explain whether positive or negative rent will be facilitated

Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economic rent · Economics · Economy · Incentive · Investment (military) · Market economy · Microeconomics · Political science · Politics · Private good · Private sector · Public economics · Public good · Public sector · Rent-seeking · Toll · Variation (astronomy) · Corruption and Economic Development · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Local Government Finance and Decentralization

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