Characterization of the firm–firm public procurement co-bidding network from the State of Ceará (Brazil) municipalities

Abstract Fraud in public funding can have deleterious consequences for societies’ economic, social, and political well-being. Fraudulent activity associated with public procurement contracts accounts for losses of billions of euros every year. Thus, it is of utmost relevance to explore analytical fr...

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Main Authors: Marcos S. Lyra, António Curado, Bruno Damásio, Fernando Bação, Flávio L. Pinheiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:Applied Network Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00418-y