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Russia’s Counter Sanctions: Forward to the Past!
Since February 2022, Russia has introduced a series of counter sanctions in response to the international sanctions intr…
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Sanctions Enforcement and Money Laundering
With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need…
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Combating Misuse of Public Funds in COVID-19 Emergency Procurement
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed substantial shortcomings in central governments’ and municipalities’ ability to procu…
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Indexation Formula for Natural Gas Procurement in Ukraine
Due to the high volatility of natural gas market prices, it is almost impossible to adequately plan the purchases for th…
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Decentralization, E-Procurement and Efficiency of Public Procurement in Ukraine
This brief is based on research that investigates if there’s a synergy effect of procurement and decentralization reform…
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Too High or Too Low? The Pros and Cons of Regulating the Reserve Price in Public Procurement in Russia
In theory, an optimally set reserve price leads to an optimal outcome in all standard auctions. In reality, however, it…
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Buyer Heterogeneity in Public Procurement
Authors: Elena Paltseva and Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE. We show that different types of contracting authorities exhibit ra…
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Public Procurement Thresholds in Sweden
Authors: Elena Paltseva and Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE. We investigate the impact of procurement thresholds on strategic b…
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Reputation for Quality and Entry in Procurement: Is there a Trade-Off?
How much weight should be given to past performance indicators when selecting contractors? Does a large weight assigned…
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