Governments offer subsidies along routes that are deemed commercially non-viable but economically and socially essential. Subsidised often criticised for inefficiencies excessive subsidies, which partly result from restrictions defined by transportation authorities during the tendering process, such as a maximum airfare minimum number of daily flights. We develop an integrated auction framework...

Abstract The aim of this paper is to link the concept green public procurement (GPP) nowadays popular circular economy (CE) by exploring possibilities procurement. legal framework will be specified at all stages suggested cycle (preparation, tendering, execution, monitoring) and connected instruments that support GPP summarized. In research, ecolabelling life-cycle costing highlighted as tools ...

The paper investigates the link between organized crime and Italy’s publicly funded asylum seekers’ reception facilities. We gather detailed municipal-level data on location of mafia activities Protection System for Asylum Seekers Refugees (SPRAR)-type centres, provide evidence how local presence increases likelihood hosting Statistical in-depth expert interviews suggest that correlates with le...

This paper provides a global overview of both recent developments and current initiatives in public e-procurement. The Hong Kong Government’s E-Procurement Pilot Programme will serve as a case study that will be discussed using a descriptive case study approach. A qualitative methodology is employed with findings that indicate that the development of public e-procurement is a matter of percepti...