Electronic bidding in Brazilian public administration purchases

Evandro Rodrigues De Faria, Marco Aurelio Marques Ferreira and Lucas Maia Dos Santos

International Journal of Electronic Finance, 2010, vol. 4, issue 4, 355-371

Abstract: This paper intended to evaluate the determinative factors in the price variation of the purchases through e-bidding in Brazil. A survey in 195 e-bidding winners was carried through to test the relation between the price variation and representative variables of transaction-cost theory. Through analysis of correlation and multiple linear regression, the number of suppliers, the specificity of the assets, the purchased amount and the frequency of the transactions had a combined explanation influence on 67.4% of the variations of the prices. This paper concludes with a discussion about the advantages of e-bidding to reduce the expenditures on public purchases.

Keywords: electronic bidding; e-bidding; online bidding; public administration; Brazil; central government; multiple regression; auction theory; transaction costs; bids; purchases; price variations; purchasing; suppliers; asset specificity; transaction frequency; public expenditure; electronic finance; e-finance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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