private and public procurement. This practice may generate efficiencies through synergies and information sharing, but may … European public procurement, documenting how the existence and the type of regulation differ across countries, and that … theories of joint bidding in auctions and of horizontal mergers and joint ventures in oligopoly, we then review the basic …

About 23% of public procurement contracts in the European Union are awarded to the only firm that submitted a bid. The … market of public procurement contracts is worth about one seventh of GDP in developed countries, which makes any … that procuring authorities started to provide significantly longer description of procurement contracts and also a longer …

Chapter 1: Introducing Public Procurement -- Chapter 2: Public Values in Procurement -- Chapter 3: Public Procurement … Law in the European Union -- Chapter 4: Organizing Public Procurement -- Chapter 5: Public Procurement Policy and … procurement, providing insight into the ‘how’ of contemporary procurement in the public sector. The authors use theories and …