공익서비스보상법제에 관한 연구

Recently, the new government inaugurated this February has announced a plan to privatize some state-owned enterprises like electronic, gas, water, transportation etc. Privatization refers to transferring ownership of business from the public sector to the private sector. Private market actors can more efficiently deliver many goods or service than government due to free market competition. However, market interactions are all guided by self-interest, and successful actors must be committed to providing only profitable area and class charging the maximum price that the market will bear. Therefore, when privatizing, there is the need for responsible stewardship of social support missions. Public service obligations are any obligation imposed upon an enterprise to take all necessary measures to ensure the provision of a service satisfying fixed standards of continuity, regularity, capacity and pricing. They incur loss to privatized company. So to carry out privatization, it is firstly settled how to compensate the possible loss accompanying public service obligations.