This paper tests whether demand shocks affect firm dynamics. We examine whether firms that win government procurement … procurement contracts over the period of 2004 to 2010. Exploiting a quasi-experimental design, we find that winning at least one …

In public sector procurement, social welfare often depends on the time taken to complete the contract. A leading …

procurement in the public sector are discussed …

resources on low quality projects at year's end. We test these predictions using data on procurement spending by the U …

secure persistently superior performance via investments in better management and organization. We empirically analyze the … management is driven by two key organizational trade-offs: employee initiative vs. coordination as well as exploration of novel …

We examine the effect of performance monitoring in public procurement through the lens of organizational culture in a … buyer's belief is stronger than the manager's belief. We leverage a new e-procurement system in Chile to test these ideas by … randomizing monthly reports on the purchasing performance of buyers and further whether the individual performance reports were …