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A critical analysis of social procurement obstacles : insights from contractors and clients in Botswana

Kuruneri, Joseph; Obadire, Ayodeji Michael; Dube, Muneinashe - 2026

This study aims to examine the barriers associated with the implementation of social procurement (SP) from the vantage points of contractors and clients as key stakeholders in the Botswana construction industry. The study further offers recommendations to mitigate these identified barriers,...

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From price to performance : implementing the best value approach in Czech public procurement

Matějková, Jitka - 2026

Public procurement in many European Union member states remains strongly priceoriented, often at the expense of delivery performance, innovation, and effective risk management. This study examines how the Best Value Approach (BVA) operates within a post-transition, legality-focused...

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Investments in first-price and second-price procurement auctions

Ceesay, Muhammed; Doni, Nicola; Menicucci, Domenico - 2026

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Can government procurement increase the labor share? : evidence from China

Liu, Xiaofeng; Shi, Nuo; Tian, Gaoliang; Zhang, Ziyang - 2026

This paper examines the effect of government procurement on the firm-level labor share in China. Using manually collected local government contract data matched with A-share non-financial listed firms from 2015 to 2023, we find that firms receiving government procurement contracts experience...

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Entgeltsicherung durch Tarifzwang ist der falsche Weg : Stellungnahme zum Entwurf eines NRW-Tarifentgeltsicherungsgesetzes

Lesch, Hagen; Bach, Helena - 2026 - Stand: Januar 2026

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Procuring for social responsibility? : a micro-institutionalist analysis of shaping factors, operational tensions and unintended outcomes

Harrison, Deborah - 2026

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Health budget execution and procurement systems : the state of play in Malawi

Nkhoma, Dominic; Pezza, Alessandro Ramella; Manthalu, Gerald - 2026

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The economic returns of firms' political connections

Melo, Lucas Braga de; Pinho Neto, Valdemar Rodrigues de - 2026

This paper analyzes the economic returns to political connections in Brazilian local elections, focusing not only on traditional campaign donations but also on two novel channels: firms that provide goods or services to candidates during campaigns and firms' owners affiliated with parties within...

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Entry barriers in public procurement : evidence from conjoint survey experiment

Hyytinen, Ari; Jääskeläinen, Jan; Sieppi, Antti; … - 2026

Limited competition in public procurement remains a persistent concern, yet the reasons for low participation are not well understood. We conduct a conjoint survey experiment that targets both potential and actual bidders in Finland. We present real firms with hypothetical tender scenarios,...

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Organizational culture and habit formation in public procurement

Tukiainen, Janne; Soini, Vesa; Baulia, Susmita; … - 2026

We study the extent of a one-size-fits-all approach in the design of public procurement (PP) tenders using comprehensive data from Finland. We show that crucial PP design features related to auction and contract rules tend to have significant lack of variation across different tenders for...

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Bureaucracies bending the rules : state capacity in the implementation of preferential procurement in South Africa

Hlatshwayo, Ayanda; Newman, Carol; Rand, John; … - 2026

Effective policy implementation is foundational to development and depends crucially on a competent and committed bureaucracy. Bureaucratic failures can arise from both imperfect capabilities and incentive misalignment-dimensions of state capacity that often coexist and shape policy outcomes...

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Network transmission of fiscal demand shocks in commodity-dependent economies

Uribe-Teran, Carlos; Zanoni, Wladimir; Grijalva, Diego F.; … - 2026

We study how procurement-driven fiscal contractions propagate through firm-to-firm pro- duction networks. The 2014 collapse in oil prices triggered a sharp fall in public procure- ment in Ecuador, generating an externally driven fiscal demand shock. Using administra- tive data covering the...

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Misallocation in firm production : a nonparametric analysis using procurement lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2026

How costly is the misallocation of production that we might expect to result from distortions such as market power, incomplete contracts, taxes, regulations, or corruption? This paper develops new tools for the study of misallocation that place minimal assumptions on firms' underlying...

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Misallocation in Firm Production : A Nonparametric Analysis Using Procurement Lotteries

Carrillo, Paul E.; Donaldson, Dave; Pomeranz, Dina; … - 2023

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Procuring innovation through bid preference : an experiment

Camboni, Riccardo; Corazzini, Luca; Galavotti, Stefano; … - 2026

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Leveraging Public Procurement to Advance Women’s Economic Opportunity : Insights from Brazil

Behr, Daniela M.; Groussard, Héloïse Marie; Martins, … - 2026

This brief examines how gender-responsive public procurement can serve as a powerful mechanism for women’s economic empowerment. Public procurement of goods and services represents one of the largest single markets in most economies, yet women-owned businesses capture less than 2 percent of...

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Discretionary procurement flexibilization, efficiency, and rent-seeking : evidence from Chile during COVID-19

Castro, Edgar; Yarygina, Anastasiya; Villalba, Matias - 2026

This paper examines the effects of increased bureaucratic discretion in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile, when the government relaxed restrictions on direct deals and expanded discretionary authority for small contracts. While greater discretion can lower administrative...

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Consumer of last resort : government procurement, firm-level evidence and the macroeconomy

Budrys, Žymantas - 2026

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From Policy to Practice : Tools for Climate-Responsive Management of Public Procurement and Public Assets in Brazilian States

2026

Este relatório apresenta uma estrutura prática, orientada para a ação, para apoiar os estados brasileiros na tradução dos compromissos da política climática em implementação efetiva por meio de compras públicas e gestão de ativos públicos. Desenvolvido no âmbito do Programa de...

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Procurement Literacy Capability Theory (PLCT) : development and validation

Oppong, Priscilla Boafowaa; Adam, Anokye M. - 2026

Background: Ethical challenges in public procurement are often addressed through compliance approaches that stress rule awareness. These perspectives, however, offer limited insight into how ethical intentions form before professional practice. This study develops and empirically validates the...

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Additional award criteria in public procurement : tenders and firms' innovation performance heterogeneity

Krieger, Bastian; Prüfer, Malte; Strecke, Linus - 2026

Public procurement is widely regarded as an important instrument to foster innovation. We examine how additional award criteria beyond price relate to firms’ realized innovation performance by combining representative firm-level data from the German Innovation Survey with official tender-level...

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Identifying circular public procurement with large language models : an application to firm-level circular innovation

Lepers, Robin; Krieger, Bastian; Pellens, Maikel; … - 2026 - This version: April 2026

Policy makers increasingly recognize circular public procurement as a demand-pull instrument for stimulating the transition to a circular economy. However, empirical studies on circular public procurement have been hampered by a fundamental measurement challenge, as public procurement databases...

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Set-aside auctions and small businesses' participation in public procurement : an empirical analysis

Shagbazian, Gegam; Valbonesi, Paola; Tkachenko, Andrey; … - 2026

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Does market engagement in public procurement foster innovation? : results from a Pan-European survey

Berkhout, Pelle; Rainville, Anne Marie; Janssen, Matthijs; … - 2026

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European regions transitioning to green markets : the role of related capabilities and public procurement policies

Castaldi, Carolina; Abbasiharofteh, Milad; Petralia, Sergio - 2026

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European regions transitioning to green markets : the role of related capabilities and public procurement policies

Castaldi, Carolina; Abbasiharofteh, Milad; Petralia, Sergio - 2025

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Adversarial procurement in two-value space : insights and evidence for conservation siting

Weinhold, Diana; Andersen, Lykke E. - 2026

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Public procurement of innovation and regional technological diversification : the role of local and nonlocal sourcing in China

Ma, Yuqi; Dong, Zhaoyingzi; Balland, Pierre-Alexandre; … - 2026

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Does public procurement select (real) outsider innovation? : the interplay between tender design and supplier experience

Krieger, Bastian; Steines, Leon; Bangert, Hendrik Hermann; … - 2026

Public organizations rely on open innovation to maintain and improve public service performance. Suppliers are a key source of such innovation. Public contracting authorities act as the interface between public organizations and supply markets, shaping whether supplier innovations are...

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Procurement without priors: a simple mechanism and its notable performance

Bergemann, Dirk; Heumann, Tibor; Morris, Stephen - 2025

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Rating Government Procurement Markets

Deryugina, Tatyana; Žaldokas, Alminas; Fedyk, Anastassia; … - 2025

We develop a novel, scalable method for assessing the quality of public procurement systems using standard administrative data. Our approach compares the distribution of procurement opportunities to the distribution of contract awards across firms. We first derive a simple theoretical benchmark...

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Rating government procurement markets

Deryugina, Tatyana; Zaldokas, Alminas; Fedyk, Anastassia; … - 2025

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Rating government procurement markets

Deryugina, Tatyana; Žaldokas, Alminas; Fedyk, Anastassia; … - 2025

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The greener, the better? : evidence from government contractors

Chiappinelli, Olga; Dalò, Ambrogio; Giuffrida, Leonardo M. - 2025

Governments support the green transition through green public procurement. Using US data, this paper provides the first empirical analysis of the causal effects of green contracts on corporate greenhouse gas emissions and economic performance. We focus on an affirmative program for sustainable...

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The greener, the better? : evidence from government contractors

Chiappinelli, Olga; Dalò, Ambrogio; Giuffrida, Leonardo M. - 2024

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Study supporting the impact assessment of the future European Social Fund proposal : achieving structural change : conditions for success in the areas of ESF intervention : Bulgaria case study : national strategy on public procurement

2025

This report contains a case study for the Study supporting the Impact assessment of the future European Social Fund proposal. Achieving structural change: conditions for success in the areas of ESF intervention. The reform under assessment focuses on the implementation of the National Strategy...

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Procuring Low Growth

Fazekas, Mihaly; Poltoratskaya, Viktoriia; Schiffbauer, Marc - 2025

This paper assesses the impact of favoritism in public procurement on private sector productivity growth. To this end, it combines three novel microeconomic data sets: administrative data on firms, including more than 4 million firm-year observations and rich financial and ownership information;...

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Exploring sustainable public procurement through regulatory conversations

Lagström, Cristian; Ek Österberg, Emma - 2025

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The one and only : single-bidding in public procurement

Titl, Vitezslav - 2025

Approximately 42% of European public procurement contracts are awarded to a sole bidder. As this market represents about one-seventh of GDP in developed countries, any inefficiency is a first-order concern. This paper examines a Czech reform that prohibited awarding such single-bid contracts....

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The one and only : single-bidding in public procurement

Titl, Vitezslav - 2023

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The One and Only : Single Bidding in Public Procurement

Titl, Vítězslav - 2021

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Contractual requirements and bidding behavior in public procurement with entry

Drake, Samielle; Xu, Fei - 2025

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Doing more for less? : new evidence from the United States on lobbying and government contracts

Ağca, Şenay; Igan, Deniz; Li, Fuhong; Mishra, Prachi - 2025

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European funds and green public procurement

Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2025

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European funds and green public procurement

Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2024

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European funds and green public procurement

Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2023

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European Funds and Green Public Procurement

Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2023

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Cambodia - Leveraging e-GP Strategy for Sustainable Public Procurement Implementation

2025

Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) allows public sector organizations to procure goods and services while maximizing value for money, benefiting society and the economy, and minimizing environmental damage. Cambodia's 2023 Environmental and Natural Resources (ENR) Code emphasizes SPP and...

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Firms' legality and efficiency : evidence from public procurement

Iossa, Elisabetta; Latour, Chiara - 2025

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Using multiple tools to enhance competition in public procurement

Calini, Clara; Catenazzo, Alessandra; Iossa, Elisabetta - 2025

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All-receive procurement auctions

Loertscher, Simon; Marx, Leslie M.; Rey, Patrick - 2025

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Adoption of green inbound logistics practices : the role of internal environmental communication and organizational environmental governance

Namagembe, Sheila; Nantumbwe, Shamim; Tusiime, Wilson; … - 2025

Purpose - The study focused on the influence of internal environmental communication on organizational environmental governance and the adoption of green inbound logistics practices and the mediating role of organizational environmental governance on the relationship between internal...

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Assessing the value of artificial intelligence (AI) in governmental public procurement

Andersson, Per Erik; Arbin, Katarina; Rosenqvist, … - 2025

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Building a smarter medical devices ecosystem in India : regulation, innovation, and accessibility

Gopal, Uplabdh K. S. - 2025

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Procurement with competing insiders

Robertson, Matthew J. - 2025

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Bidding for contracts under uncertain demand : skewed bidding and risk sharing

Luo, Yao; Takahashi, Hidenori - 2025

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Bidding for contracts under uncertain demand : skewed bidding and risk sharing

Luo, Yao; HidenoriTakahasi, Hidenori - 2022

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Advantages and pitfalls of green public procurement as a European strategic tool

Lappe, Marie-Sophie; Nicoli, Francesco - 2025

Public procurement, or the purchasing of goods and services by governments, is among the most powerful policy tools available to the public sector. Accounting for nearly 14 percent of European Union GDP, it shapes markets, signals priorities and can in principle create demand for transformative...

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Low profile, high impact : how the visibility of political agents shapes corporate political influence

Henthorne, Tony L. - 2025

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Corporate political connection, rent seeking and government procurement order

Wang, Zhe; Liu, Xuexin; Kong, Xiaoxu; Zhou, Jiezheng - 2025

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Pathways to substate variation in the UK's employment relations : the case of the Welsh Government

Gooberman, Leon; Hauptmeier, Marco - 2025

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