Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface

Part I Preliminary Issues

1 lntroduction
Nicola Dimítri, Gustavo Piga and Giancarlo Spagnolo

2 The variety of procurement practice: evidence from public procurement
Laura Carpineti, Gustavo Piga and Matteo Zanza

Part II General Strategic Principles

3 When should procurement be centralized?
Nicola Dimitri, Federico Dini and Gustavo Piga

4 Procurement contracting strategies
Gian Luigi Albano, Giacomo Calzolari Federico Dini, Elisaberta lossa and Giancarlo Spagnolo

5 Incentives and award procedures: competitive tendering vs. negotiations in procurement
Patrick Bajari and Steve Tadelis

Part III Competitive Tendering Strategies

6 inforrnation and competitive tendering
Gian Luigi Albano, Nicola Dimitri, Riccardo Pacini and Giancarlo Spagnolo

7 Division into Iots and competition in procurement
Veronika Grimm, Riccardo Pacini Giancarlo SpagnoIo and Matteo Zanza

8 Multi-contract tendering procedures and package bidding in procurement
Nicola Dimitri, Riccardo Pacini, Marco Pagnozzi and Giancarlo Spagnolo

9 D'marnic auctions in procurement
Lawrence M. Ausubel and Peter Cramton

Part IV Attracting and Screening Participants

10 Pricing and other business, strategies for e-procurement platforms
Bruno Jullien

11 Fostering participation
Gian Luigi Albano, Nicola Dimitri, isabelle Perrigne and Gustavo Piga

12 Scoring rules
Federico Dini, Riccardo Pacini and Tommaso Valletti

13 Managing risky bids
Andreas Engel,Juan-José Ganuza, Esther Hauk and Achim Wambach

Part V Preventing Collusion and Corruption

14 Preventing collusion in procurement
Gian Luigi Albano, Paolo Buccirossi, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Matteo Zanza

15 Bidding rings and the design of anti-collusive measures for auctions and procurements
Wiliiam E. Kovacic, Robert C. Marshall,Leslie M. Marx and Matthew E. Raiff

16 Corruption in procurement auctions
Yvan Lengwiler and Elmar Wolfstetter

Part VI Dynamic Forces and Innovation

17 Managing dynamic procurements
Tracy R. Levis and Huseyin Yildirim

18 Designing reputation mechanisrns
(Chrysanthos Dellarocas, Federico Dini and Giancar!o Spagnolo

19 Procuring innovations
Luis Cabra!, Guido Cozzi, Vincenzo Denicoló,Giancarlo Spagnolo and Marteo Zanza

Glossary
Index