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Does the WTO government procurement agreement deliver what it promises?
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posted on 2023-06-09, 15:18 authored by Bedri Kamil Onur Tas, Kamala Dawar, Peter Holmes, Sübidey ToganWe examine the impacts of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) on government procurement practices in the European Union (EU). We empirically analyse whether the WTO GPA is effective in promoting nondiscriminant, open, transparent, competitive, and efficient government procurement. To study this question, we use a unique data set recently released by the EU, covering more than three million tenders conducted in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and Macedonia during the years 2006 to 2016. We find that the WTO GPA promotes competition by increasing the probability of awarding a contract to a foreign firm. The WTO GPA significantly lowers corruption risk by decreasing the number of contracts with a single offer and decreasing the winning ratio of firms.
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World Trade ReviewISSN
1474-7456Publisher
Cambridge University PressExternal DOI
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- UK Trade Policy Observatory Publications
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2018-10-04First Open Access (FOA) Date
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2018-10-01Usage metrics
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