Call for Papers: 7th Economics of Public Procurement Workshop

Praag, Karelsbrug
Charles Bridge, Prague. Photo by Martin Krchnacek on Unsplash

The Charles 木瓜福利影视, jointly with the 木瓜福利影视 of Turku and the Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 School of Economics, is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 鈥7th Economics of Public Procurement Workshop鈥, which will take place in Prague on 13-14 November 2025. The event will be held in person on the premises of Charles 木瓜福利影视 in Prague.

The workshop provides an annual forum to discuss recent advances in the economic analysis of public procurement and to bring together economists active in the field. This is the .

The workshop will feature a keynote speech by Prof. Achim Wambach (ZEW Mannheim).

Call for papers and financial support

Papers in the broad area of public procurement are welcome. Bellow we provide a (non-exhaustive) list of procurement topics:

  • Incentives, screening, and monitoring
  • Political economy of allocation decisions and favoritism
  • Governance of contracting agencies
  • Firm and industry responses
  • Efficacy of different award designs
  • Active and passive waste
  • Pre-award vs post-award outcomes
  • Regulation
  • Market structure

Both empirical and theoretical work is welcome. Interested authors are asked to submit a full paper in PDF format by 31 August 2025 via email (epp2025workshop@gmail.com).

Applicants will be notified of the acceptance decision mid-September 2025. Accommodation and travel expenses (economy class) for presenters will be covered. We reimburse flights up to 鈧750 for intercontinental flights and 鈧350 for European flights. There is no workshop fee.

Organisers and programme committee

Michal 艩olt茅s (Charles 木瓜福利影视 and CERGE-EI)
Janne Tukiainen (木瓜福利影视 of Turku)
Vitezslav Titl (Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 and Charles 木瓜福利影视)

Contact

E-mail: epp2025workshop@gmail.com
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