Public procurement can be highly vulnerable to corruption. This paper outlines a methodology and results in assessing … corruption risks in public procurement and their impact on relative prices, using large databases on government contracts and … corruption risk factor (aggregated in a synthetic corruption risk index). While there are intrinsic limitations to our study …

Operation Car Wash began in 2014 and brought to light corruption schemes within public procurement. It prompted Brazil … to intensify its legal crusade against corruption and improbity. Brazil improved enforcement of rules long ignored, and …

predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …

predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …

predictions along two main dimensions. First, corruption is more frequent in sectors where public institutions are large buyers …

The study analyzes the reliability of corruption risk indicators using Hungarian public procurement data, specifically …. The investigation aims to determine whether corruption risk indicators for public procurement contracts related to the … analysis utilizes data from the Corruption Research Center Budapest database, encompassing Hungarian public procurement …

We study how policies limiting the spending capacity of local governments may reduce corruption. We exploit the … both recorded corruption rates and corruption charges per euro spent. This effect emerges only in areas in which the DSP … put a binding cap on municipal capital expenditures. The reduction in corruption is linked to accountability incentives as …