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The impact of centralization on pharmaceutical procurement prices: the role of institutional quality and corruption
Baldi, Simona; Vannoni, Davide - In: Regional studies 51 (2017) 3, pp. 426-438
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011712912
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The Impact of Centralization, Corruption and Institutional Quality on Procurement Prices: An Application to Pharmaceutical Purchasing in Italy
Baldi, Simona; Vannoni, Davide - Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e … - 2015
, institutional quality is lower, the effect of centralization in negotiating lower prices is much stronger, with savings that can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160801
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The Impact of Centralization, Corruption and Institutional Quality on Procurement Prices: An Application to Pharmaceutical Purchasing in Italy
Baldi, Simona; Vannoni, Davide - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2014
, institutional quality is lower, the effect of centralization in negotiating lower prices is much stronger, with savings that can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162520
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Information transmission within federal fiscal architectures : theory and evidence
Gehring, Kai; Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; Marchesi, Silvia - 2013
-agent framework, it analyzes two alternative policy-decision schemes - "decentralization" and "centralization" - when "knowledge … explaining variation in the degree of decentralization across countries. Within a two-sided incomplete information principal … government levels. It is shown that, depending on which level of policy decision-making controls the degree of decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010126407
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E-procurement system adoption in local governments : the role of procurement complexity and organizational structure
Chen, Yifan; Bretschneider, Stuart Ira; Stritch, Justin M. - In: Public management review 24 (2022) 6, pp. 903-925
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013355219
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Centralized procurement and delivery times : evidence from a natural experiment in Italy
Clark, Robert; Coviello, Decio; Leverano, Adriano de - 2021
-set of devices. The statutory centralization generated a reduction in prices and an increase in delivery times for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012618050
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Performance incentives and economic growth : regional officials in Russia and China
Rochlitz, Michael; Kulpina, Vera; Remington, Thomas F.; … - In: Eurasian geography and economics 56 (2015) 4, pp. 421-445
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Decision making and learning in a globalizing world
Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2010
We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices. It also provides extra information to `markets' that...
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The cost of decentralization : linguistic polarization and the provision of education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Schüler, Ruth M. - 2016
centralization increases the provision of primary education relatively more in linguistically polarized counties. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474691
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Central- versus self-dispatch in electricity markets
Ahlqvist, Victor; Holmberg, Pär; Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012692598