procurement outcomes in a large database for public works in Italy. Works with a value above a given threshold have to be awarded … that the same firm wins repeatedly, and it does not deteriorate (and may improve) the procurement outcomes we observe. The …

delay. Using a large dataset on Italian public procurement, we then study empirically the effects of court inefficiency on …

procurement. Our identification strategy leverages a legislative change in Italy that mandated centralized purchases for a sub …

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 …