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Public procurement as an innovation policy : where do we stand?
Chiappinelli, Olga; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Spagnolo, … - 2023
Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …
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Does green public procurement trigger environmental innovations?
Krieger, Bastian; Zipperer, Vera - 2021 - This version: August 2021
public procurement tenders. However, there is no direct or broad empirical evidence on its innovation impact. There are even … doubts about its effectiveness as an innovation policy tool, as it does not require innovations as part of its contracts and …
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Public procurement can hinder innovation
Krieger, Bastian; Pruefer, Malte; Strecke, Linus - 2024 - This version: February 2024
Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy …
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Targeted bidders in government tenders
Cappelletti, Matilde; Giuffrida, Leonardo M. - 2022
A set-aside restricts participation in procurement contests to targeted firms. Despite being widely used, its effects on actual competition and contract outcomes are ambiguous. We pool a decade of US federal procurement data to shed light on this empirical question using a two-stage approach. To...
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A new indicator to implement effective spending review policies in the public procurement for standardized goods
Leverano, Adriano de; Baulia, Susmita - 2023
We suggest an alternative indicator that can lead to price reductions in the public procurement market for goods, i.e., the elasticity of prices to quantities purchased. We apply the analysis to the procurement of medical devices by exploiting a survey from the Italian AntiCorruption Authority....
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Election cycles in European public procurement
Havlik, Annika; Heinemann, Friedrich; Nover, Justus - 2021
This paper studies the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union for the national level. We analyze different steps along the procurement process, namely the publication of the contract notice, the awarding of the contract, and the project completion. We point out...
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Political budget cycles in European public procurement
Havlik, Annika - 2020
This paper studies whether political budget cycles occur in public procurement in the European Union. Using project- level data from Tenders Electronic Daily (2008-2018), I analyze different steps along the procurement process, namely the publication of the contract notice, the awarding of the...
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The interplay between public procurement of innovation and R&D grants : empirical evidence from Belgium
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Prüfer, Malte - 2024 - This version: July 2024
This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants …’ awareness against a blanket increase in innovation policies without considering potential interactions. …
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The defense industry in Brazil : characteristics and involvement of supplier firms
Squeff, Flávia de Holanda Schmidt; Assis, Lucas Rocha … - 2015
Over the last decade, the defense industry has obtained relevance on Brazilian public policies. Departing from the premise that the success of this process requires not only that the Armed Forces have modern equipment and skilled military to operate them, but also that the country retains the...
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Procuring survival
Cappelletti, Matilde; Giuffrida, Leonardo M. - 2021
Public spending (i.e., “G”) enables governments to fulfill their fiscal policies. This paper takes a micro perspective and quantifies the impact of procurement spending - a specific component of G - on firm survival. We find that firms that receive public contracts survive longer, ceteris...
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