Tag Archives: public procurement

Data Publication for EU citizens – 1/2018

Databasesdataset, Hungary, public procurement

13 February 2018

One of the aims of CRCB is to improve the transparency of the Hungarian public procurement and to help the researchers, the journalists and other stakeholders have access to public procurement data. Accordingly, we decided to make a part of uncleaned version of public procurement database built by CRCB accessible and publish some main indicators of public tenders: publication date, name of issuer, name of winner, contract value, number of bidders, and the links of tenders on the Hungarian Public read more

How does the Kleptocratic State Work in Hungary?

Publications, Research Notes, Short Paperscorruption risk, cronyism, intensity of competition, political favoritism, public procurement

István János Tóth – Miklós Hajdu: How does the Kleptocratic State Work in Hungary? A research note based on Hungarian public procurement data. CRCB, Budapest, January 2018.

26 January 2018

In this research note, we use the public procurement database built by CRCB, which contains data from more than 200,000 public tenders from 1997 to 2017. The analysis is based on data from 126,330 public procurement contracts from 2010 to 2016. The focus of the analysis is public tenders (without framework agreements) won by companies related to cronies and read more

Public tenders of Hungarian hospitals on the standard dissection table of the economic analysis

Publications, Research Notes, Short Paperscollusion, corruption risks, Hungary, intensity of competition, price distortion, public procurement

24 January 2018

István János Tóth – Miklós Hajdu: Public tenders of Hungarian hospitals on the standard dissection table of the economic analysis. Analysis of intensity of competition, corruption risks and price distortion of Hungarian public procurement. Budapest: CRCB, January, 2018.

Abstract

In the following short paper, we analyse the contracts of a Hungarian EU-funded programme (KEOP – 5.6.0/E/15) involved in an ongoing investigation of the Hungarian Competition Authority (HCA). The investigation was started for suspect of collusion and among the suspects involved are both Hungarian owned firms and read more

Brief analysis on the cronyism in Hungary

Publications, Research Notes, Short Paperscorruption risk, cronyism, Hungary, intensity of competition, public procurement

24 December 2017

Before the issuers publish their calls for tenders, they have to calculate the estimated price of the procurement. This calculation can be based on their experience from previous tenders and on the results of market research. The price drop between the estimated value and the actual contract price can be regarded as a proxy for measure the intensity of competition. The higher competition between the bidders will result in more intense price competition what should lead to lower read more

Intensity of Competition, Corruption Risks, and Price Distortion in the Hungarian Public Procurement – 2009-2016

Publications, Working Paperscorruption risk, Hungary, intensity of competition, price distortion, public procurement

December 29, 2017

Tóth, I. J. and Hajdu, M. 2017. Intensity of Competition, Corruption Risks, and Price Distortion in the Hungarian Public Procurement – 2009-2016. Working Paper Series: CRCB-WP/2017:2, CRCB, Budapest.

The report was carried out by CRCB for the European Commission and examines data from Hungarian public procurement in the period between 2009 and 2016. The data of 151,457 contracts were used for the analysis. The analysis focuses on information regarding the read more

In the footsteps of a kleptocratic state. A presentation at the Budapest Science Meetup

Presentations, Publicationscorruption risk, political corruption, public procurement, Viktor Orban

9 November 2017

Budapest Science Meetup, Library of the Hungarian Academy of Science, 7pm

In the presentation we dealt with the effect of friendship and family ties with the Hungarian Prime Minister (Viktor Orban) on the intensity of competition of public tenders won by companies owned by his close friends and family members. The analysis is based on more than 151,000 Hungarian public procurement tenders in the period of 2009-2016. Using OLS and ordered logit estimation and propensity score read more

CORRUPTION RISKS, INTENSITY OF COMPETITION AND ESTIMATED DIRECT SOCIAL LOSS IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF ZAGREB – 2011-2016

DatabasesCroatia, dataset, public procurement

18 October 2017

The database created by CRCB contains contract level data of public procurement of Zagreb from January 2011 to September 2017 with balance sheet data of the winner companies.

The project was commissioned for the Centre for Peace Studies, Zagreb. The research was part of project under grant awarded by Central financing and contracting Agency (CFCA) of Republic of Croatia, reference: EuropeAid/135874/ACT/ID/HR, Building Local Partnerships for Open Governance and Fight against Corruption in read more