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Public purchasing in the European Union: some evidence from contract awards

Public purchasing in the European Union: some evidence from contract awards Explains that the public sector is a major buyer of goods and services. In the mid‐1980s discriminatory (buy national) public purchasing was identified as one of the barriers to the completion of the Single European Market. Studies suggested that a more liberal public purchasing regime would bring significant economic benefits with increased competition for contracts reducing public sector procurement costs and facilitating the creation of a more competitive European industrial base. These ideas led to a series of European Union procurement directives designed to prohibit preferential public purchasing. Uses data on contract awards from 1993 to investigate the extent to which public purchasing still discriminates in favour of domestic firms. This evidence casts doubts on the true extent of openness in EU public procurement markets. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Public Sector Management Emerald Publishing

Public purchasing in the European Union: some evidence from contract awards

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 1997 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
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0951-3558
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10.1108/09513559710180547
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Abstract

Explains that the public sector is a major buyer of goods and services. In the mid‐1980s discriminatory (buy national) public purchasing was identified as one of the barriers to the completion of the Single European Market. Studies suggested that a more liberal public purchasing regime would bring significant economic benefits with increased competition for contracts reducing public sector procurement costs and facilitating the creation of a more competitive European industrial base. These ideas led to a series of European Union procurement directives designed to prohibit preferential public purchasing. Uses data on contract awards from 1993 to investigate the extent to which public purchasing still discriminates in favour of domestic firms. This evidence casts doubts on the true extent of openness in EU public procurement markets.

Journal

International Journal of Public Sector Management – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jul 1, 1997

Keywords: Awards; European Union; Protectionism; Purchasing

References

  • The European Challenge 1992: The Benefits of a Single Market
    Cecchini, P.
  • The Single Market Rules and the Enforcement Regime after 1992
    Cox, A.
  • Public procurement in the excluded sectors
    European Commission
  • TED User Guide
    European Commission