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Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
Leaders, institutions, or context? Explaining local government compliance with transparency regulations in Romania
The paper proposes a contextualized approach to local government transparency and its determinants. It starts by briefly discussing the distinction between local government compliance with transparency regulations and broader/more substantial local government transparency. A context-dependent measure of local government compliance with transparency regulation is built for the Romanian case and...
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
The invisible (under)hand – Access to information and competition in the Romanian public procurement sector
Competition in public procurement in Romania has declined sharply since 2017. Romania’s efforts toward transparency and anticorruption since becoming an EU member-state have been remarkable yet the results from over a decade of struggle do not seem to point in the direction of systemic improvement. On the contrary, over the...
Monday, August 22nd, 2022
Public procurement in the European Union: transparent and fair? An evaluation of the effectiveness of Directives 2014/23, 2014/24 and 2014/25 on indicators of transparency and corruption
Ever since the signing of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, the European Union has aimed to increase transparency and decrease corruption in procurement by several directives and policies. In this study, we will assess whether the transposition of Directives 2014/23, 2014/24 and 2014/25 has led to more transparency and...
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
How Can Romania Meet European Requirements in the Field of Energy?
Abstract
The Romanian energy market suffers from structural flaws, which pre-date the beginning of liberalization. Although the restructuring process by breaking-up vertical monopolies (damaging for competition and for competitiveness at the same time) started off relatively early - 1998 for electricity, 2000 for gas, uncompetitive commercial practices and damaging administrative decisions...
