La gouvernance des entreprises publiques en situation de monopole

This paper aims to treat specific issues about the governance of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) operating under monopoly situations, in particular the link between regulation, evaluation, control and modernisation of such enterprises. The survey of the literature reveals a lot of studies on some of these topics, but very few on the link between them and such SOEs. The paper addresses in particular the asymmetries of information and expertise between public authorities and SOEs; the strategic role of the State in the EU context, rights and duties of public authorities; how to minimize asymmetries of information between monopoly situations and public authorities; what type of regulatory bodies can be set up; how to implement evaluation both of “regulation†and of the economic and social efficiency of each State-owned Enterprise (SOE); why and how to involve stakeholders’ participation.