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Combatting Corruption and Collusion in UK Public Procurement : Proposals for Post-Brexit Reform
Jones, Alison - 2021
from distortion by corruption and/or supplier collusion. This paper concludes that additional measures are required to … protect the integrity of procurement processes in England and Wales through improving the distinct public procurement, anti‐corruption …
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Combatting Corruption and Collusion in Public Procurement : Lessons From Operation Car Wash
Jones, Alison; da Silva Pereira Neto, Caio Mario - 2021
This paper examines the question of how a nation can combat corruption and collusion and prevent these practices from … (Operação Lava Jato) exposed widespread corruption and collusion affecting public procurement. Although focusing on Brazil, this … paper reflects an academic and policy debate as to how a nation can escape from a “high-corruption” equilibrium, especially …
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Corruption in Public Procurement in Brazil
Pereira, Cesar; Gasparoto Tonin, Mayara - 2023
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014260462
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Fighting Supplier Collusion in Public Procurement : Some Proposals for Strengthening Competition Law Enforcement
Jones, Alison - 2020
especially vulnerable to distortion through not only corruption but also stable supplier collusion (collusive tendering or bid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012849477
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Using AI to Reduce Performance Risk in U.S. Procurement
Tillipman, Jessica - 2022
In recent years, several U.S. government agencies have pioneered the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies to improve the efficiency and accuracy of their 'responsibility determinations' (reviews of, among other things, contractor representations and certifications,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030066
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Leniency Inflation, Cartel Damages and Criminalization
Marvão, Catarina M. P.; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2021
We revisit the pros and cons of cartel criminalization with focus on its possible introduction in the EU. We document a recent phenomenon that we name EU ``leniency inflation", whereby leniency has been increasingly awarded to many, and sometimes all members of a cartel. We argue that, coupled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013221273
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The Use of Leniency in EU Cartel Enforcement : An Assessment after Twenty Years
Wils, Wouter P. J. - 2018
Since 1996, the European Commission has been operating a leniency programme, under which companies cooperating with its cartel investigations can obtain immunity from fines or a reduction of fines. Leniency plays a prominent role in EU cartel enforcement today. This paper assesses the positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014126878
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A Short Note on Corruption in Telecommunications in Greece
Sutherland, Ewan - 2012
Greece had, largely as a result of clientele policies, delayed its privatization of the state-owned telecommunications operator, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) and the liberalization of markets. For over a decade up to 2004 Siemens paid bribes to managers of OTE, to senior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173951
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A Short Note on Corruption in Telecommunications in the Balkans
Sutherland, Ewan - 2013
In December 2011, prosecutors in the United States of America announced the settlement of cases against Magyar Telekom and Deutsche Telekom in respect of bribery of officials in two countries in the Balkans. In the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) they had obtained a delay in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014174528