Public procurement failure: The role of transaction costs and government capacity in procurement cancellations
研究了公共采购取消的原因，发现资产专用性高时取消概率大，政府行政能力强时取消概率小，缺乏竞争是主因，对公共管理者有参考价值。
Public management research contains little analysis on procurement cancellations – i.e. when contracts fail to make it through procurement, resulting in termination during the pre-award tender phase. Combining theoretical perspectives on administrative capacity and transaction costs, we investigate both the propensity and reasons for public procurement cancellations. Drawing on a unique dataset of 5,558 local government contracts in Denmark, we find the likelihood of cancellation is greater for highly asset-specific investments and lower when governments have more administrative capacity. Since lack of competition is the main reason for these cancellations, public buyers should focus on capacity building and engaging market suppliers.