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Construction contracts (or : "how to get the right building at the right price?")
Chakravarty, Surajeet (contributor);  … - 2006
economics ; incomplete contracts ; construction ; agency theory ; industry studies ; outsourcing ; procurement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003323165
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Research funding and regional economies
Goldschlag, Nathan; Bianchini, Stefano; Lane, Julia; … - 2016
Public support of research typically relies on the notion that universities are engines of economic development, and that university research is a primary driver of high wage localized economic activity. Yet the evidence supporting that notion is based on aggregate descriptive data, rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517698
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Do gun buybacks save lives? : evidence from panel data
Leigh, Andrew; Neill, Christine - 2010
In 1997, Australia implemented a gun buyback program that reduced the stock of firearms by around one-fifth. Using differences across states in the number of firearms withdrawn, we test whether the reduction in firearms availability affected firearm homicide and suicide rates. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975442
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Building political collusion : evidence from procurement auctions
Coviello, Decio; Gagliarducci, Stefano - 2010
We investigate the relationship between the time politicians stay in office and the functioning of public procurement …. To this purpose, we collect a data set on the Italian municipal governments and all the procurement auctions they … of favoritism in repeated procurement auctions, where time reveals collusive types, thus increasing the value of illegal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962924
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The impact of city contracting set-asides on black self-employment and employment
Chatterji, Aaron K.; Chay, Kenneth Y.; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2013
In the 1980s, many U.S. cities initiated programs reserving a proportion of government contracts for minority-owned businesses. The staggered introduction of these set-aside programs is used to estimate their impacts on the self-employment and employment rates of African-American men. Black...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727736
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The impact of scoring weights on price and quality outcomes : an application to the procurement of welfare-to-work contracts
Koning, Pierre; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2012
This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only bid on prices, but also received points for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683192
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Empirical evidence on the effectiveness of social public procurement policy : the case of the Swiss apprenticeship training system
Leiser, Mirjam Strupler; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2016
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of a social public procurement policy in Switzerland that gives firms that … train apprentices a preferential treatment. We estimate the effectiveness of this social procurement policy on a firm …. However, the effect is limited in size, as only small firms and firms operating in sectors where public procurement represents …
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On the organizational structure of multinational firms : which sourcing mode for which input?
Südekum, Jens; Nowak, Verena Nina; Schwarz, Christian - 2012
Recent studies indicate that firms often outsource standard and simple tasks, while keeping complex and important inputs inside their boundaries. This observation is difficult to reconcile with the property rights approach of the firm, which suggests that important components should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009539235
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Determinants of business success : an examination of Asian-owned businesses in the United States
Robb, Alicia M. (contributor);  … - 2007
"Using confidential and restricted-access microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau, we find that Asian-owned businesses are 16.9 percent less likely to close, 20.6 percent more likely to have profits of at least $10,000, and 27.2 percent more likely to hire employees than white-owned businesses in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003433325
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Female hires and the success of start-up firms
Weber, Andrea; Zulehner, Christine - 2009
In this paper we investigate the relationship between females among the first hires of start-up companies and business success. Our results show that firms with female first hires have a higher share of female workers at the end of the first year after entry. Further, we find that firms with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919841