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.

Autorentext
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, Örebro University, Sweden JAN-ERIC NILSSON Department of Economics, Dalarna University, Sweden SOFIA LUNDBERG Centre for Regional Science, CERUM, Umeå University, Sweden GERO VON GRAWERT-MAY TWS Partners, Germany CALOGERO GUCCIO Università di Catania, Italy GIACOMO PIGNATARO Università di Catania, Italy ILDE RIZZO Università di Catania, Italy LUCIO PICCI University of Forlì, Italy RAFFAELLA COPPIER Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie, Universitµa degli Studi di Macerata, Macerata, Italy ALESSIO D'AMATO Faculty of Economics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy NICOLA DONI Department of Economic Science, Università di Firenze, Italy

Inhalt
The Economics of Public Procurement; G.Piga & Khi V. Thai PART I: MANAGING RISK IN PROCUREMENT Public Procurement under Limited Liability; A.R.Engel & A.Wambach Bid Average Methods in Procurement; G.Albano, M.Bianchi & G.Spagnolo PART II: EFFICIENCY IN PROCUREMENT Combinatorial Procurement Auctions: A Collusion Remedy?; A.Lunander & J-E.Nilsson Auction Formats and Award Rules in Swedish Procurement Auctions; S.Lundberg PART III: CONTRACTING IN PROCUREMENT On the Economics of Subcontracting; A.Wambach & G.von Grawert-May Efficiency of Procurement Procedures for Medical Devices; C.Guccio, G.Pignataro & I.Rizzo PART IV: TRANSPARENCY IN PROCUREMENT Reputation-Based Governance of Public Works; L.Picci Why Do Transparent Public Procurement and Corruption Go Hand in Hand?; R.Coppier & G.Piga PART V: PROCUREMENT DESIGN Environmental Issues in Public Procurement: How Much De-centralization?; A.D'Amato Optimal Information Releasing in Multidimensional Public Procurement; N.Doni