| Autor: |
Decarolis, Francesco, Giuffrida, Leonardo M., Iossa, Elisabetta, Mollisi, Vincenzo, Spagnolo, Giancarlo |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Popis: |
To what extent does a more competent public bureaucracy contribute to better economic outcomes? We address this question in the context of the US federal procurement of services and works, by combining contract-level data on procurement performance and bureau-level data on competence and workforce characteristics. We use the death occurrences of specific types of employees as instruments and find that an increase in bureau competence causes a significant and economically important reduction in: i) time delays, ii) cost overruns, and iii) number of renegotiations. Cooperation within the office appears to be a key driver of the findings. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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