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Open vs Restricted Procurement Auctions: Evidence from Regression Discontinuity
Open or restricted procurement auctions ? In their recent article, Coviello, Guglielmo and Spagnolo make good use of the special opportunity offered by the Italian context to study the causal effects of open rather than restricted auction mechanisms.
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When More Discretionary Power Improves Public Procurement Efficiency : An Empirical Analysis of Auctions with Negotiation and Reduction of Formalism
In recent years, sealed-bid open auctions have come to be widely recognised as the most efficient contract awarding procedure. However, Chever and Moore argue that there is no clear empirical data to support the claim that such mechanisms yields more efficient results than alternatives like auctions with negotiations or less-formalised auctions.
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New issue of the ACRN Quarterly!
Do you want to find out about the latest in corruption research? Check out the new issue of our Anti-Corruption Research Network Quarterly .
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Putting Corruption Out of Business
Transparency International carried out a survey of 3,000 business people in 30 diverse countries around the world. The survey was conducted from May-July 2011 and asked business people not just for their views on bribery and corruption, but also on what works to stop corruption in the private sector and what the business community can do to put corruption out of business. An interactive website set up to showcase the findings allows users to compare the data across countries, sectors, gender of respondent and more. Please see link for more details.
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Doing Business 2012: Doing Business in a More Transparent World
This year's ranking and report assesses regulations affecting domestic firms in 183 economies and ranks the economies in 10 areas of business regulation, such as starting a business, resolving insolvency and trading across borders. The report rankings on ease of doing business have expanded to include indicators on getting electricity. In this year's rankings Singapore leads on the overall ease of doing business, followed by Hong Kong SAR, China; New Zealand; the United States; and Denmark.
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Oct 20, 2011 11:44 AM
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Procurement, Service Delivery, Global, Anti-Corruption Laws, Law Enforcement, Empirical Data Analysis, Comparative Analysis, International Analysis, Private Sector (General), Construction, Real Estate, Financial Markets, Energy
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