Replication Data for: Contextual recipes for adopting private control and trust in public–private partnership (PPP) governance

In governing public–private partnerships (PPPs), transferring control rights to the private sectors and building trust among partners are recognized as solutions to improve efficiency and adaptability. However, what contexts would fit into the adoption of these solutions remains unclear. Building on the relevant literature on project attributes and project environments, this article divides the context into several crucial factors: asset specificity, project publicness, institutional completeness, market maturity, and regulatory quality. A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) was conducted on 1,378 PPP projects in developing countries to examine the contexts that support the outcomes of private control and trust. Six causal paths created by a mix of contextual conditions are found to be sufficient for the outcomes, to which certain factors make unique contributions. Knowledge of these paths and context configurations can help to match the context to the considered governance solutions, thereby contributing to successful PPP governance.

在公私合作伙伴关系（Public–Private Partnerships, PPPs）的治理实践中，向私营部门让渡控制权以及在合作各方之间建立信任，被公认为提升治理效率与适配性的有效路径。然而，究竟何种情境适配此类治理方案的落地应用，目前仍有待明确。

本文基于项目属性与项目环境领域的相关研究，将影响PPP治理的核心情境划分为五大关键维度：资产专用性、项目公共性、制度完备性、市场成熟度与监管质量。随后针对发展中国家的1378个PPP项目开展模糊集定性比较分析（Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, fsQCA），以探究能够支撑私营部门控制权让渡与合作信任两大治理目标达成的情境条件。

研究发现，由多类情境条件组合形成的六条因果路径，均可充分促成上述治理目标的实现，且各情境因素在不同路径中均发挥着独特的作用。明晰此类路径与情境配置逻辑，能够帮助治理主体实现情境与拟采用治理方案的精准匹配，进而助力PPP治理实践取得成功。