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Public Money & Management Volume 11, 1991 - Issue 1
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Public purchasing

Keith Hartley Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences and the Centre for Defence Economics, University of York
Pages 45-49 | Published online: 07 Jan 2009
 
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Public purchasing is a neglected but crucial factor in determining the efficient and effective use of resources by government. A sensible procurement strategy is complicated by problems of uncertainty and the determination of quality by non‐competitive elements in the economy, by the lack of clear incentive arrangements and by political factors.

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