High earnings through firm influence: the role of hierarchical structures in public procurement

Abstract Public procurement, a critical but often overlooked aspect of governance, plays a pivotal role in steering the acquisition of goods, services and the commissioning of public works. Our study, analyzing over one million public procurement contracts from the Portuguese public administration,...

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Main Authors: Niclas Frederic Sturm, Cristian Candia, Bruno Damásio, Flávio L. Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-03-01
Series:EPJ Data Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-025-00543-z
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