“…In contrast, those scholars who have analyzed the reforms, including the tools/mechanisms promoted by the reforms, in a more substantial manner, and have used "hard cases" in their analyses, have reached different conclusions (cf. Binderkrantz & Christensen 2009a, 2009bChristensen & Petersen 2010;Hansen, 2008;KREVI 2008;Lubanski 2007;Petersen & Vrangbaek 2010). Many of the alleged market instruments (e.g., tenders, PublicPrivate-Partnership, and principal-agent performance contracts) have in practice not been implemented.…”