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Decentralization and public procurement performance : new evidence from Italy

Chiappinelli, Olga - 2017

We exploit a new dataset based on EU procurement award notices to investigate the relationship between the degree of … centralization of public procurement and its performance. We focus on the case of Italy, where all levels of government, along with a … number of other public institutions, are involved in procurement and are subject to the same EU regulation. We find that i …

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Bureaucratic frictions and innovation procurement

Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Raiteri, Emilio - 2023

US federal agency, we investigate how officer workload impacts innovation procurement outcomes. Unanticipated retirement …

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Probabilistic procurement auctions

Giebe, Thomas; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013

We analyse procurement auctions in which sellers are distinguished on the basis of the ratios of quality per unit of …

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Bid rigging : an analysis of corruption in auctions

Lengwiler, Yvan; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2005

In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This invites corruption. We propose a model of corruption in which the auctioneer orchestrates bid rigging by inviting a bidder to either lower or raise his bid, whichever is more profitable. We characterize equilibriumbidding in first-...

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Optimal cost overruns : procurement auctions and renegotiation

Herweg, Fabian; Schwarz, Marco A. - 2016 - This version: March 18, 2016

Cost overrun is ubiquitous in public procurement. We argue that this can be the result of a constraint optimal award …

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Auctions and corruption

Lengwiler, Yvan; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000

In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This delegation invites corruption. In this paper we propose a model of corruption, examine how corruption affects the auction game, how the anticipation of corruption affects bidding, and how it altogether changes the revenue ranking...

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Designing institutions for diversity

Letina, Igor; Schmutzler, Armin - 2015

This paper analyzes the design of innovation contests when the quality of an innovation depends on the research approach of the supplier, but the best approach is unknown. Diversity of approaches is beneficial because of the resulting option value. An auction induces the social optimum, while a...

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Balancing the bids, solutions for unit price auctions

Renes, Sander - 2011

Many organizations use procurement tenders to buy large amounts of goods and services. Especially in the public sector …

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Designing innovation contests for diversity

Letina, Igor; Schmutzler, Armin - 2015 - Revised version, December 2015

This paper analyzes the design of innovation contests when the quality of an innovation depends on the research approach of the supplier, but the best approach is unknown. Diversity of approaches is desirable because it generates an option value. In our main model with two suppliers, the buyer...

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Can the private sector ensure the public interest? : evidence from federal procurement

Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Rovigatti, Gabriele - 2018

We empirically investigate the effect of procurement oversight on contract outcomes. In particular, we stress a …

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