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100 _aDetkova, Polina
245 _aCorruption, centralization and competition:
_bevidence from Russian public procurement
260 _c2018
300 _ap.414-434.
504 _dApr
520 _aThis paper estimates the impact of corruption on the incentives of procurers to maintain honest competition in tenders. Customers, who procure for themselves, and Agencies, who procure for the customers in their region are considered. Basing on a large dataset of open auctions conducted by Russian regional-level authorities in 2011, the analysis shows that in highly corrupt regions, Agencies fail to arrange competitive tenders and most of auctions have one bidder. Customers attract more bidders for large contracts, but rebates are usually low. Therefore, procurement centralization may reduce the corruption of Customers, but cannot solve the problem of low competition. - Reproduced.
650 _aCorruption
650 _aCorruption - Russia
650 _aGovernment purchasing
650 _aGovernment purchasing - Russia
650 _aPublic procurement
700 _aPodkolzina, Elena and Tkachenko, Andrey
773 _aInternational Journal of Public Administration
906 _aGovernment purchasing - Russia
999 _c506883
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