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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 administered between 2000 and 2005. Identification is achieved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269756
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Building Political Collusion: Evidence from Procurement Auctions
Coviello, Decio; Gagliarducci, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 administered between 2000 and 2005. Identification is achieved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506079
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To Draft or Not to Draft? Efficiency, Generational Incidence, and Political Economy of Military Conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2005
We study the efficiency and distributional consequences of establishing and abolishing the draft in a dynamic model with overlapping generations, taking into account endogenous human capital formation as well as government budget constraints. The introduction of the draft initially benefits the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262660
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Paintings and numbers: an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices and returns in Latin American art auctions
Campos, Nauro F.; Leite Barbosa, Renate - 2008
in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268627
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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; van de Meerendonk, Arthur - 2012
broad classification of ('gross') worker types remained similar over time. Our estimation results show that increases in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291354
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Charity Auctions : A Field Experimental Investigation
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2004
empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the … difference between existing theory and the field. To conclude, we show that a model of charity auctions augmented by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271934
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Charity Auctions: A Field Experimental Investigation
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the … difference between existing theory and the field. To conclude, we show that a model of charity auctions augmented by an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762357
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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows
Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010
This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272669
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Constitutions and economic development: Evidence from the American Indian Nations
Akee, Randall K. Q.; Jorgensen, Miriam; Sunde, Uwe - 2012
This paper presents an empirical examination of economic and institutional development. Utilizing a novel data set on American Indian tribal nations, we investigate how constitutional design affects economic development, while holding the broader legal and political environment fixed....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287652
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Job loss fears and (extremist) party identification: First evidence from panel data
Geishecker, Ingo; Siedler, Thomas - 2012
individuals' party identification. Consistent with the deprivation theory, we find strong and robust evidence that subjective job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289928