In this work, we regard public procurement as an instrument used by the state for indirect support of enterprises. In this context, we have investigated the place that public procurements occupy in the system of relations between the business and the state; whether or not we can regard public...

This paper considers the main consequences of public procurement reform in Russia in 2005-2006. Using data from two surveys of manufacturing enterprises we show that before the reform firms with government stakes, old firms (established before 1992) and larger firms had advantages in access to...

The growing attention of governments, international organizations and NGOs to public procurement issues over the last two decades has been accompanied by many studies of the efficiency of public procurement. However, few researchers have considered the costs of procurement regulation for public...