Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies

Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2021.

Under the general editorship: O. Bandiera, E. Bosio, G. Spagnolo

This CEPR book brings together leading economists from across a wide range of developed and developing countries, to focus on agency problems in public procurement and analyse the effectiveness of policies implemented in response. The central theme throughout the book is the fundamental tension between rules and discretion: rules limit an agent’s ability to pursue private interests at the expense of the taxpayers, but discretion allows them to use their knowledge of the context to react quickly to unforeseen changes.

Chapters

Buyer’s discretion in Russian public procurement during the Covid-19 emergency

Camboni R., Podkolzina E., Valbonesi P., , in: Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies.: Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2021. Ch. 14 P. 147–158.

Added: December 10, 2021

Keywords: incentives, public procurement, discretion, complementary Institutions, COVID-19

Publication based on the results of: Formal Institutions’ Influence on Economic Agents Acting in Various Markets and in Different Institutional Environments (2021)