Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/78403 
Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Bonn Econ Discussion Papers No. 5/2000
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE), Bonn
Abstract: 
In public procurement a temporal separation of award and actual contracting can frequently be observed. In this paper we give an explanation for this institutional setting. For incomplete procurement contracts we show that such a separation may increase efficiency. We show that efficiency can be increased by post-award, pre-contract negotiations between the award-winning seller and one of the `losing' sellers. Surprisingly, the efficiency gains can be higher if the award is given to a seller with a lower reputation for quality instead of to a seller with higher reputation. Under certain conditions post-award, pre-contract rent-seeking activities also increase efficiency. This is always the case if the procurement agency is corrupt, but may also occur in the case of lobbying.
Subjects: 
Procurement
Incomplete contracts
lobbying
corruption
JEL: 
D23
H57
L51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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