This policy brief examines EU public procurement data from the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) to evaluate foreign bidders' participation and success in winning EU public contracts. Despite data coverage limitations, the available information shows an increase in foreign participation in both...

I study a model of procurement with moral hazard and adverse selection. The procurer is either corrupt or honest and can choose between sole-sourcing and competitive tender. I compare two procurement regulations: no sole-sourcing is allowed (rigid regulation) and sole-sourcing is allowed in an...

A set-aside restricts participation in procurement contests to targeted firms. Despite being widely used, its effects on actual competition and contract outcomes are ambiguous. We pool a decade of US federal procurement data to shed light on this empirical question using a two-stage approach. To...

In an era of intense false impressions, cognitive limitations and imperfect information, where critical challenge is the management of procedural relationships among public procurement partners, it is essential to exploit and identify sources associated with decreasing transparency in...