Dastidar, Krishnendu Ghosh; Mukherjee, Diganta - In: European Journal of Political Economy 35 (2014) C, pp. 122-127
In this paper we theoretically analyse effects of corruption in public procurements within a scoring-auction framework. A corrupt politician, who acts on behalf of the public sector, receives a kickback from the winning bidder. The politician selects the scoring rule. The paper shows that such...