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title: "Research ideas tagged public sector"
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# Research ideas tagged “public sector”

2 research idea notes tagged “public sector”.

- [Public procurement, read by machine](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/public-procurement-and-corruption-in-the-data.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Public procurement appears on 53 recent papers, with 40 procurement papers in the last quarter against about 26 per quarter before, and 33 of 123 carry a corruption, digital, e-procurement or bidding keyword. Open contracting data now cover millions of tenders. Can red flags in the data predict corruption, and do governments act on them? Tags: management, economics, public sector.
- [Auction design where the money is](https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/auction-design-for-procurement.md) (2026-10-23, seed): Auction design, first- and second-price auctions and bidding behaviour appear on 114 recent papers, mostly in economics, and the topic is fading, with 16 papers in the last quarter against about 32 per quarter before. Procurement auctions, which buy public goods and services worth trillions, appear on 2 papers. Which formats get governments the best price, and do bidders collude in the rest? Tags: operations research, economics, public sector.

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Research ideas tagged “public sector”. Journal Research Rankings. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/public-sector

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-ideas-tags-public-sector,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Research ideas tagged “public sector”},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/ideas/tags/public-sector}},
  urldate = {2026-10-23},
  note = {Journal Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).