What drives drug procurement prices?
Claudia Allende, Juan Pablo Atal, Rodrigo Carril, José Ignacio Cuesta and Andrés González-Lira analyze factors influencing public procurement prices in Chilean pharmaceutical purchases.
Should buyers advertise contracts?
This article looks at the equilibrium effects of enhancing competition for procurement contracts in prices and execution quality. By focusing on the U.S. Department of Defense, the authors provide empirical evidence on this trade-off to later develop an equilibrium model of competition for contracts.
Towards optimal regulation in public contracting
Rodrigo Carril studies the trade-off between rules and discretion in the context of US federal procurement.
