Further econometric evidence on the extent and sources of cost savings in competitively tendered contracts
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Public procurement; Size elasticity of savings; Exponential regression; Spanish Armed Forces;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
- C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
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