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Firms in Green Public Procurement: Financial Strength Indicators’ Impact on Contract Awards and Its Repercussion on Financial Strength

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  • Christopher F. Baum
  • Arash Kordestani
  • Dorothea Schäfer
  • Andreas Stephan

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We examine whether the financial strength of companies, in particular, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is causally linked to the award of a public procurement contract (PP), especially in the environmentally friendly green area (GPP). For this purpose, we build a combined procurement company data set from the Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) and the SME database AMADEUS, which includes ten European countries. First, we apply probit models to investigate whether the probability of winning the public tender depends on the company’s financial strength. We then use the flexpanel DiD approach to investigate the question of whether the award has an impact on the future financial strength of the successful company. On the one hand, we find that a lower equity ratio and a higher short-term debt ratio increase the probability of being successful in a public tender. On the other hand, a success means that the companies can continue to work after the award with a lower equity ratio than comparable companies without an award, regardless of whether the company was successful in a traditional or a green public tender. We conclude from this that the success in a PP is a substitute for a firm’s own financial strength and thus facilitates access to external financing. Wir untersuchen, ob die Finanzkraft von Unternehmen, insbesondere Klein- und Mittelständischen Unternehmen (KMU), kausal mit dem Zuschlag für einen öffentlichen Auftrag (PP), insbesondere im umweltfreundlichen Bereich verbunden ist. Hierzu konstruieren wir aus der Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) und der KMU-Datenbank AMADEUS einen kombinierten Beschaffungs-Unternehmen-Datensatz, der zehn europäische Länder umfasst. Zunächst prüfen wir mit Hilfe von Probit-Modellen, ob die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Zuschlags bei der öffentlichen Ausschreibung von der Finanzkraft des Unternehmens abhängt. Anschließend nutzen wir den Flexpanel-DiD-Ansatz, um der Frage nachzugehen, ob der Zuschlag auf die zukünftige Finanzkraft des erfolgreichen Unternehmens zurückwirkt. Wir finden einerseits, dass eine niedrigere Eigenkapitalquote und eine höhere Quote kurzfristiger Kredite die Wahrscheinlichkeit erhöhen, bei einer öffentlichen Ausschreibung, sei sie traditionell oder „grüner“ Natur, erfolgreich zu sein. Andererseits bewirkt der Erfolg, dass die erfolgreichen Unternehmen nach dem Zuschlag mit einer geringeren Eigenkapitalquote weiterarbeiten können als vergleichbare Unternehmen ohne Zuschlag, unabhängig davon, ob das Unternehmen in einer traditionellen oder einer „grünen“ öffentlichen Ausschreibung erfolgreich war. Wir schließen daraus, dass der Zuschlag ein Substitut für eigene Finanzstärke ist und dadurch den Zugang zu Fremdfinanzierung erleichtert.

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  • Christopher F. Baum & Arash Kordestani & Dorothea Schäfer & Andreas Stephan, 2021. "Firms in Green Public Procurement: Financial Strength Indicators’ Impact on Contract Awards and Its Repercussion on Financial Strength," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 90(4), pages 71-92.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwvjh:90-4-5
    DOI: 10.3790/vjh.90.4.71
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    1. Krieger, Bastian & Zipperer, Vera, 2022. "Does green public procurement trigger environmental innovations?," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(6).
    2. Dorothea Schäfer & Andreas Stephan & Sören Fuhrmeister, 2024. "The impact of public procurement on financial barriers to general and green innovation," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 939-959, March.
    3. Dorothea Schäfer & Andreas Stephan & Sören Fuhrmeister, 2022. "The Impact of Public Procurement on Financial Barriers to Green Innovation: Evidence from European Community Innovation Survey," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 2014, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.

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    JEL classification:

    • G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services

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