Silva, Dakshina G. De; Dunne, Timothy; Kosmopoulou, Georgia - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 30 (2012) 4, pp. 377-388
Programs that encourage the participation of disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) as subcontractors have been a part of government procurement auctions for over three decades. In this paper, we examine the impact of a program that requires prime contractors to subcontract out a portion of a...