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Reasons for contracting predetermined suppliers: Results of an empirical study
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-10-90-105
Abstract
The experience of the last decade has demonstrated that the state policy on the extension of competitive procedures in public procurement has been challenged by the attempts of customers and suppliers to restrict competition. The mass survey of customers and suppliers carried out by the Institute for Industrial and Market Studies in 2017 showed that about a half of the customers followed a strategy of contracting predetermined suppliers in 2014—2016. Moreover, different explanations of this practice (justification, accusation or a combination of both reasons) allowed us to identify groups of suppliers that differ significantly in their models of behavior in the public procurement market.
About the Authors
A. A. Yakovlev
Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrei A. Yakovlev
Moscow
A. V. Tkachenko
Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey V. Tkachenko
Moscow
Yu. D. Rodionova
Institute for Industrial and Market Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Yuliya D. Rodionova
Moscow
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Yakovlev A.A., Tkachenko A.V., Rodionova Yu.D. Reasons for contracting predetermined suppliers: Results of an empirical study. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2018;(10):90-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2018-10-90-105
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