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Most economically advantageous award criteria sentences to ponder

Pedro Telles

13 Jun 2022

From a new(ish) paper by Francesco Decarolis and Cristina Giorgiantonio on corruption red flags in public procurement:

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As I have said many times, even as a proponent of using most economically advantageous tender criteria in public procurement, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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