TY - BOOK AU - Piga,Gustavo AU - Thai,Khi V. TI - The economics of public procurement.: Edited by Gustavo Piga nd Khi V. Thai SN - 9780230520868 AV - JF1525.P85.E19 U1 - 352.5/3 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave/Macmillan KW - Government purchasing KW - Government spending policy KW - Public contracts N1 - Contents: The Economics of public procurement -- Managing risk in procurement: Public procurement under limited liability -- Bid average methods in procurement -- Efficiency in procurement: Combinatorial procurement auctions: a collusion remedy? -- Auction formats and award rules in Swedish procurement auctions -- Contracting in procurement: On the economics of subcontracting -- Efficiency of procurement procedures for medical devices -- Transparency in procurement: Reputation-based governance of public works -- Why do transparent public procurement and corruption Go Hand in Hand? -- Procurement design: Environmental issues in public procurement: how much decentralization? -- Optimal information releasing in multidimensional public procurement -- ER -