of corruption. For this purpose, the paper examines whether competition is able to constrain the waste effects of … corruption on the efficiency of execution of public works, building on the results provided by Finocchiaro Castro et al. (2014 … factors of the variability of efficiency scores are investigated. Our results show that increasing competition reinforces the …

for private gain. We study the relationship between discretion and corruption in Italian government procurement auctions …, using a confidential database of firms and procurement officials investigated for corruption by Italian enforcement …, discretionary procedure auctions are associated with corruption only when conducted with fewer than the formally required number of …