Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies

Edited by Giancarlo Spagnolo, Erica Bosio and Oriana Bandiera

in CEPR Press Books from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: Covid-19 has served as a global case study for increased discretion in public procurement, with governments worldwide making rules more flexible to increase spending, reduce the damage, and save lives. This CEPR eBook provides fascinating insights into the tension between rules and discretion in public procurement, including through several country-level case studies.

Date: 2021 Written 2021-11
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Chapters in this book:

Buyer’s discretion in Russian public procurement during the Covid-19 emergency

Paola Valbonesi, Elena Podkolzina and Riccardo Camboni

Complementary regulations to improve public procurement

Marko Grujicic, Joseph Lemoine and Erica Bosio

Emergency procurement and the Covid-19 crisis: Insights from Italian administrative data

Giancarlo Spagnolo, Francesca Marazzi, Clarissa Lotti and Francesco Decarolis

Infrastructure procurement and elite-level collusion in Lebanon

Wassim Maktabi, Mounir Mahmalat and Sami Atallah

Introduction: Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies

Giancarlo Spagnolo, Erica Bosio and Oriana Bandiera

Managing critical supply shortages of vaccines and PPE in Asia and the Pacific

Kijin Kim and Cyn-Young Park

Pandemic corruption: Insights from Latin America

Juan Vargas, Mounu Prem and Jorge Gallego

Political connections in public procurement

Vitezslav Titl and Baránek, Bruno

Procurement during health crises when not just incompetence and corruption matter

Renaud Foucart and Antonio Estache

Public procurement at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

Sushmita Samaddar, Vincenzo Di Maro and Serena Cocciolo

Public procurement under and after emergencies

Tina Soreide, Shrey Nishchal and Mihaly Fazekas

Renegotiations of public contracts: A blessing in disguise?

Stephane Saussier and Jean Beuve

Rules, bunching and discretion in emergency procurement: Evidence from an earthquake

Clarissa Lotti, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Decio Coviello

The role of buyer competence

Vincenzo Mollisi, Elisabetta Iossa, Leonardo Maria Giuffrida and Francesco Decarolis

Traditional audit design may distort incentives

Dina Pomeranz, Stephan Litschig and Maria Paula Gerardino

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