This paper considers the main consequences of public procurement reform in Russia in 2005-2006. Using data from two surveys of manufacturing enterprises we show that before the reform firms with government stakes, old firms (established before 1992) and larger firms had advantages in access to...

In the 2000s the Russian government considered electronic auctions (e-auctions) as the best way to procure goods for public needs. In this paper we confirm this proposition using an empirical dataset of contracts for the procurement of granulated sugar in Russia in 2011. Our data shows that unit...

The reform of budget-sector entities enables us to compare the impact of different types of public procurement regulations in budget and autonomous organizations in Russia. Such analysis is important in light of the critical discussion of the effects of current procurement regulation (94-FL), as...