THE ECONOMICS OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

Edited by
Gustavo Piga and Khi V. Thai

Preface


I - MANAGING RISK IN PROCUREMENT

Public Procurement Under Limited Liability
Andreas R. Engel - Achim Wambach


Bid Average Methods in Procurement
Gian Luigi Albano - Milo Bianchi - Giancarlo Spagnolo


II - EFFICIENCY IN PROCUREMENT


Combinatorial Procurement Auctions: A Collusion Remedy?
Anders Lunander - Jan-Eric Nilsson


Auction Formats and Award Rules in Swedish
Procurement Auctions
Sofia Lundberg


III - CONTRACTING IN PROCUREMENT


On the Economics of Subcontracting
Achim Wambach - Gero von Grawert-May


Efficiency of Procurement Procedures for Medical Devices
Calogero Guccio - Giacomo Pignataro - Ilde Rizzo


IV - TRANSPARENCY IN PROCUREMENT


Reputation-Based Governance of Public Works
Lucio Picci


Why Do Transparent Public Procurement and
Corruption Go Hand in Hand?
Raffaella Coppier - Gustavo Piga


Environmental Issues in Public Procurement:
How Much Decentralization?
Alessio D’Amato


Optimal Information Releasing in Multidimensional
Public Procurement
Nicola Doni