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 …

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

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 …

auction formats in public procurement. The difference-in-differences strategy used exploits a data set of auctions for public …

The public procurement of medical devices is increasingly relying on auction mechanisms to move toward more transparent … procurement auctions. The evidence we obtain can meaningfully help policy makers in designing and implementing better public … procurement systems …

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