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Transparency or Access? E‐Procurement's Two Paths to Integrity: Evidence From Italy

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines whether e‐procurement adoption is associated with procedural competition and transparency, two core components of procurement integrity. Using award‐level microdata for Italian regional contracting authorities (2019–2023), we analyze a period preceding the legal obligation of full‐cycle digital procurement, when the use of ...
Giuseppe Lucio Gaeta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Profits and the Health of Americans. [PDF]

open access: yesHealthcare (Basel)
Biglan A, Prinz RJ, Fishbein DH.
europepmc   +1 more source

What Candidates Benefit From Corruption? Opportunities for Corruption and the Prevalence of Candidates With Business Ties

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Which candidates benefit from corruption and favoritism in public procurement? While existing studies show that politically connected firms profit from corruption risks in public procurement, we know less about whether these risks also increase the prevalence of political candidates with ties to business.
Saverio Di Giorno   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Certainty, Severity, or Celerity? A Mixed‐Effects Analysis of Corruption and Deterrence in the European Union

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deterrence theory underpins numerous anti‐corruption interventions. Yet, empirical evidence on its application to corruption remains limited. Existing studies rely mainly on laboratory experiments and focus on certainty and severity of punishment, leaving the role of celerity unexplored.
Eran Itskovich   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does the Threat of Killing Gays Deter Foreign Aid: The Case of Uganda's 2014 Anti‐Homosexuality Act

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much attention has been drawn on Uganda in recent years due to the strengthening of its anti‐LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric. Our study explores the aid‐deterring effect of anti‐LGBTQ legislation in an experimental setting using the Synthetic Control Method.
Elissaios Papyrakis, Luca Tasciotti
wiley   +1 more source

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