The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised Crime and Corruption: Annex II - Corruption

Hafner, Marco; Taylor, Jirka; Disley, Emma; Thebes, Sonja; Barberi, Matteo; Štěpánek, Martin; Levi, Mike

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“…This behavior, in which firms "engineer" windfalls, is estimated to cost the U.S. government hundreds of billions of dollars annually (Government Accountability Office, 2023). Fraud and abuse in public contracting is also a major fiscal and policy concern in other countries (Hafner et al, 2023). Despite the prevalence and significant costs associated with the gaming of government contracts, little research exists on how firms utilize funds obtained from engineered windfalls.…”

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Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare

Gupta,

Forgia,

Sacarny

2024

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Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare

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Forgia,

Sacarny

2024

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“…One of the government functions most susceptible to corruption is this one. Even in EU nations with relatively strong procurement system integrity, estimates of losses from acquired spending range from 10 to 20 percent [4]. Due to poor infrastructure quality or degree, corruption can result in greater deficits and slower growth [5].…”

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From Public E-Procurement 3.0 to E-Procurement 4.0; A Critical Literature Review

Mavidis

Folinas

2022

Sustainability

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Public procurement is an important part of public finances; therefore, its management is challenging for the quality of the citizen’s relationship with the public authorities. Existing electronic public procurement optimization tools are systematically attempting to standardize procedures by improving access to information and transparency in management. Nevertheless, the next day requires the definition of the transition to modern tools and technologies of the fourth industrial revolution. This study attempts to identify common and additional critical success factors from implementing e-procurement in the 3.0 and 4.0 eras. Identifying the key challenges will be the basis for the roadmap plan suitable for maximizing the achievement of new public management in Industry 4.0.

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“…Public procurement is perhaps the government function that epitomizes these risks and accountability challenges. Recent estimates suggest that corruption in procurement among European Union (EU) member states results in the loss of about 5 billion euros each year (Hafner et al, 2016), or 13% of GDP in 2014(DG GROW, 2016 and increases the cost of contracts by up to 50% (Transparency International, 2018). This article examines whether the civic engagement can stem this leakage and if so in which type of institutional settings.…”

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Societal Accountability and Grand Corruption: How Institutions Shape Citizens’ Efforts to Shape Institutions

Grimes

2022

Political Studies

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That civil society activism can strengthen accountability and limit government corruption is theoretically compelling and popular in policy circles. Whether civic engagement can limit grand corruption, and if so in what types of settings, remains an open question. This paper presents the first large-N study of societal accountability with respect to grand corruption. Using objective indicators of procurement corruption from 173 EU regions, the study finds that civil society strength is associated with lower levels of corruption but that the association is not monotonic. Civil society strength seems to constrain procurement corruption where accountability conditions are the least favorable. Where accountability conditions are well-functioning, we find no evidence that societal accountability constrains corruption. The findings help to adjudicate between competing expectations from research on horizontal and societal accountability. Moreover, they confirm that societal accountability can complement horizontal accountability where institutional conditions function sub-optimally, even limiting grand corruption.

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The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised Crime and Corruption: Annex II - Corruption

Cited by 13 publications

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Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare

Turbocharging Profits? Contract Gaming and Revenue Allocation in Healthcare

From Public E-Procurement 3.0 to E-Procurement 4.0; A Critical Literature Review

Societal Accountability and Grand Corruption: How Institutions Shape Citizens’ Efforts to Shape Institutions

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