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Better Environmental Value Using Public Procurement: Evidence from Visegrad Group Countries

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  • Peter Nemec

    (Technical University of Košice, Faculty of economics, Department of Regional Science and Management, Slovakia)

  • Robert Stefko

    (University of Prešov, Faculty of Management and Business, Department of Marketing and International Trade, Slovakia & AMBIS Vysoká škola s.r.o. Praha)

  • Matus Kubak

    (Technical University of Košice, Faculty of economics, Department of Regional Science and Management, Slovakia)

Abstract

The perception of public procurement has changed over the last decade and gained the role of a strategic tool for achieving sustainable and inclusive growth goals. Environmental considerations in procuring goods, services, and works thus help promote sustainability goals and obtain better environmental value using public funds in the long term perspective. This paper analyses selected determinants' impact on green criteria to award public contracts in the Visegrad Group countries. Using content and regression analysis on an extensive dataset of contract award notices published in Tender Electronic Daily in 2017-2019, we show that green criteria are more prominent in contracts awarded by regional and local contracting authorities, confirming their significant role in fulfilling sustainable development goals on a local and regional level. On the other hand, the relatively low uptake of green award criteria suggests a somehow reserved attitude of contracting authorities towards promoting the environmental requirements by awarding contracts based on the most economically advantageous tender.

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  • Peter Nemec & Robert Stefko & Matus Kubak, 2022. "Better Environmental Value Using Public Procurement: Evidence from Visegrad Group Countries," Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, vol. 72(4), pages 296-327, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:fauart:v:72:y:2022:i:4:p:296-327
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    Keywords

    public procurement; Visegrad countries; most economically advantageous tender; green public procurement; sustainable public procurement;
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    JEL classification:

    • H50 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - General
    • H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development

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