This paper was prepared as a background material for a second discussion held at the OECD in June 2015 on Auctions and Tenders. It explores abnormally low tenders as well as partitioning public procurement tenders into lots.

This paper was prepared for a discussion on Tenders and Auctions held at the OECD in December 2014 which aimed to explore useful ideas and guidance to competition authorities on how governments can design auctions and tenders appropriately.

The OECD reviews national and sector-specific public procurement regimes, to guide and support countries in combatting collusive practices. This review analyses the procurement practices in Argentina's in the public works sector to help the country step up its fight against bid rigging.

The OECD reviews national and sector-specific public procurement regimes, to guide and support countries in combatting collusive practices. This review analyses Brazil's federal public-procurement rules and practices in light of the OECD Recommendation and Guidelines on Fighting Bid Rigging in...

The OECD reviews national and sector-specific public procurement regimes, to guide and support countries in combatting collusive practices. This review analyses Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission procurement rules and practices in light of the OECD Recommendation and Guidelines on Fighting...

The OECD reviews national and sector-specific public procurement regimes, to guide and support countries in combatting collusive practices. This review analyses Mexico's Social Security Institute procurement rules and practices in light of the OECD Recommendation and Guidelines on Fighting Bid...

Bid rigging is an illegal practice in all OECD member countries and can be investigated and sanctioned under the competition law and rules. The OECD Guidelines provide a strategy for the design of tenders to hinder bid rigging and for the detection of bid rigging during the tender process.

Economic textbooks predict that taxes and emission trading systems are the cheapest way for societies to reduce emissions of CO2. This book shows that this is also the case in the real world. It estimates the costs to society of reducing CO2 emissions in 15 countries using a broad range of...

The consumer prices dataset is a subset of the Main Economic Indicators (MEI) database comprising predominantly monthly statistics on all items, food, energy and services as well as harmonised consumer prices for all items. Data are expressed as percentage change or index (2010 = 100) and are...