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Public Procurement

Interesting public procurement papers landing on my pile

Here's two papers that have just arrived on my pile of stuff to read and appear quite interesting and important: 1. Palguta, Ján and Filip Pertold. 2017. "Manipulation of Procurement Contracts: Evidence from the Introduction of Discretionary Thresholds." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 9(2): 293-315.

Public Procurement

Calling for more experimental research in public procurement

Abby Semple calls on her blog for more evidence-based research in public procurement, particularly regarding SME access to public contracts. I agree with her view in general and have made similar calls about social policies in public procurement. Having said that, there is some good research being done by legal