The Economics of Public Procurement

ANDREAS R. ENGEL Department of Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany ACHIM WAMBACH Department of Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany GIANCARLO SPAGNOLO Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden GIANLUIGI ALBANO Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden MILO BIANCHI Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden ANDERS LUNANDER Department of Economics, A-rebro University, Sweden JAN-ERIC NILSSON Department of Economics, Dalarna University, Sweden SOFIA LUNDBERG Centre for Regional Science, CERUM, Umea University, Sweden GERO VON GRAWERT-MAY TWS Partners, Germany CALOGERO GUCCIO Universita di Catania, Italy GIACOMO PIGNATARO Universita di Catania, Italy ILDE RIZZO Universita di Catania, Italy LUCIO PICCI University of ForlA--, Italy RAFFAELLA COPPIER Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie, UniversitA a degli Studi di Macerata, Macerata, Italy ALESSIO D'AMATO Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy NICOLA DONI Department of Economic Science, Universita di Firenze, Italy

This volume explores all aspects of contemporary public procurement theory, examining managing risk in procurement, collusion in procurement, efficiency in procurement, transparency in procurement, and auction design.This volume explores all aspects of contemporary public procurement theory, examining managing risk in procurement, collusion in procurement, efficiency in procurement, transparency in procurement, and auction design.