Based on my recent work with several co-authors this paper explores the relationship between discretion, reputation …, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for … accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while …

Based on my recent work with several co-authors this paper explores the relationship between discretion, reputation …, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for … accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while …

School accountability—the process of evaluating school performance on the basis of student performance measures …—is increasingly prevalent around the world. In the United States, accountability has become a centerpiece of both Democratic and … Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes …

-cusses how issues related to the privatization process (corruption, conflicts of interests and lack of accountability) may be …. This situation leads to huge ethical issues. We show the main flaws in the ethical and accountability systems of these …

. Centralization allows benefits from policy coordination but has costs in terms of diminished accountability, which can be precisely …

) affects accountability. There are two main effects. (1) Privatisation demotivates governments from investigating and …

-examine the term quality as it relates to accreditation. The first challenge lies within the ability to locate and/or create and …