Political Contestability and Contract Rigidity: An Analysis of Procurement Contracts

Numéro: 2015-2 Jean Beuve, Marian Moszoro and Stéphane Saussier – Political Contestability and Contract Rigidity: An Analysis of Procurement Contracts Abstract: We compare procurement contracts where the procurer is either a public agent or a private corporation. Using algorithmic data reading and textual analysis on a rich dataset of contracts for a standardized product and service from a single provider, we find…

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