Is Government Contracting Fair? Estimating the Value of Female Politicians for Women-Owned Firms
| Autor: | Maximilian Rohrer, Jonathan Brogaard, Nataliya Gerasimova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Finance
History Government Polymers and Plastics Government procurement business.industry House of Representatives Small business Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Representation (politics) Procurement Economic cost Gender gap Business and International Management business health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3624880 |
| Popis: | This paper provides novel evidence that female politicians increase the proportion of US government procurement contracts allocated to women-owned firms. The identification strategy uses close elections for the US House of Representatives. The effect concentrates in local contractors and persists after the female’s politician departure. The more gender-balanced representation in government contracting does not seem to be associated with economic costs, as the firm characteristics of the average contractor and contract performances are unchanged. By analyzing congressional requests from legislators to federal agencies, we show that female politicians affect procurement contract allocation through individual oversight. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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