This paper analyzes the phenomenon of repeated procurements made by public sector customers from the same supplier. The previous surveys of “relational contracts” gave different explanations for the possible implications of such repeated procurements, but those surveys dealt mostly with...

This paper analyzes the phenomenon of repeated procurements made by public sector customers from the same supplier. The previous surveys of “relational contracts” gave different explanations for the possible implications of such repeated procurements, but those surveys dealt mostly with...

The aim of the paper is to produce both a theoretical and empirical analysis on the existence and nature of a causal link between the set of labour market institutions (the industrial relations systems) and national employment performance.In Section 2, the existing literature is briefly...