We empirically investigate the effect of procurement oversight on contract outcomes. In particular, we stress a …

US federal agency, we investigate how officer workload impacts innovation procurement outcomes. Unanticipated retirement …

context of the US federal procurement of services and works by combining contract-level data on procurement performance and …

and quantifies the impact of procurement spending - a specific component of G - on firm survival. We find that firms that …

in the context of the US government’s procurement of R&D. We link tender, contract, patent, and office records to the … identity of the officer responsible for the procurement process to estimate how workload in the federal acquisition unit … officer is exposed to a declining workload. In our sample, an additional contracting officer in the procurement unit, holding …

in the context of the US government’s procurement of R&D. We link tender, contract, patent, and office records to the … identity of the officer responsible for the procurement process to estimate how workload in the federal acquisition unit … officer is exposed to a declining workload. In our sample, an additional contracting officer in the procurement unit, holding …

outcomes. We focus on a major public sector activity and survey more than 900 real-life procurement officials in Finland and …

outcomes. We focus on a major public sector activity and survey more than 900 real-life procurement officials in Finland and …