3.3.1  Public Ownership

Suppose that owns the asset throughout the contract. Since is not contractible and since no sale of the facility occurs once the contract expires, there is no way giving any incentives to the firm. Whether bundling or unbundling is chosen, efforts and welfare with public ownership remains the same as before in both cases. Public ownership has no impact on incentives. Whether bundling strictly dominates depends on the sign of the externality as in Section 3.1.