The study analyzes the reliability of corruption risk indicators using Hungarian public procurement data, specifically … focusing on EU-funded contracts associated with a cartel case revealed by the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA) in 2016 …. The investigation aims to determine whether corruption risk indicators for public procurement contracts related to the …

We study the relationship between collusion and corruption in a stylized model of repeated procurement where the cost … bureaucrats, generating a trade-off. When the likelihood of corruption is high and competition is weak, collusion may be a price … worth paying to curb corruption. …

This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of … corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction …. Feasibility and usefulness of the proposed indicators are demonstrated using micro-level public procurement data from Hungary in …

This paper develops 30 novel quantitative indicators of grand corruption that operationalize 20 distinct techniques of … corruption in the context of public procurement. Each indicator rests on a thorough qualitative understanding of rent extraction …. Feasibility and usefulness of the proposed indicators are demonstrated using micro-level public procurement data from Hungary in …

State capture and corruption are widespread phenomena across the globe, but their empirical study is still highly …-level contractual networks in public procurement. To this end, it first establishes a robust measure of corruption risks in public … high corruption risk organisations in the full contractual network of issuers and suppliers. These clusters and the density …

does so in a medium income country characterized by systemic corruption risks: Hungary. It looks at how political …Private sector companies develop a diverse set of political connections in high and low corruption countries alike …. Using political connections to gain advantage when competing for government contracts is a major form of corruption from …

qualitative evidence on public procurement corruption and a statistical analysis of a public procurement data in Hungary. The …Although both the academic and policy communities have attached great importance to measuring corruption, most of the … indicator of grand corruption based on a wide range of elementary indicators. These indicators are derived from a rich …

qualitative evidence on public procurement corruption and a statistical analysis of a public procurement data in Hungary. The …Although both the academic and policy communities have attached great importance to measuring corruption, most of the … indicator of grand corruption based on a wide range of elementary indicators. These indicators are derived from a rich …

is therefore unsurprising that it is also one of the government functions most often vulnerable to corruption. While … there have been many qualitative accounts of high-level corruption in public contracting, it is only recently that … and support control of corruption …

Measuring high-level corruption and government favouritism has been the object of extensive scholarly and policy … develops two objective proxy measures of high-level corruption in public procurement: single bidding in competitive markets and … corruption: unjustified restriction of access to public contracts to favour a certain bidder. Corruption indicators are …