Bureaucracy is everywhere. Unelected bureaucrats are a key link between government and
citizens, between policy and implementation. Bureaucratic politics constitutes a growing …

Considering that about 15 percent of global gross domestic product flows through public
procurement systems, the lack of systematic evidence on what works in this field is a major …

We examine a new dataset of public procurement laws, practice, and outcomes in 187
countries. We measure regulation as restrictions on the discretion of the procuring entities …

We run a regression discontinuity design analysis to document the causal effect of
increasing buyers' discretion on procurement outcomes in a large database for public works …

Background The Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region has notably been in the limelight of
infrastructural deficit discussions over the decades. Although the region's infrastructural …

Incumbents in many developing democracies face significant disadvantages when seeking
reelection, in stark contrast to the well-known incumbency advantage in the United States …

This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded
between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement …

We document whether and how publicizing a public procurement auction causally affects
entry and the costs of procurement. We run a regression discontinuity design analysis on a …

While sustainable development has long been a subject of study, only in recent years have
international organizations, nations, regions and communities intensified their action …

Research Summary: With the recent growth of the sharing economy, regulators must
frequently strike the right balance between private and public interests to maximize value …