The extent of discrimination in government procurement and its impact on economic
efficiency has attracted both theoretical and analytical work, but little econometric evidence …

This book provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of research outcomes on the
equity home bias puzzle–that people overinvest in domestic stocks relative to the …

This paper exploits a firm-level dataset for nineteen sub-Saharan African countries that
provides information on the share of total sales to government entities to provide new …

Public procurement around the world tends to be heavily skewed toward local firms. This"
home bias" has been falling in many countries, independent of whether states have agreed …

This paper studies the government procurement of services from foreign suppliers by
conducting a statistical analysis of data submitted by Japan and Switzerland to the WTO's …

El mercado de compras públicas demanda anualmente un 10% del PIB mundial, o el
equivalente al 80% del comercio global. Tanto en la OMC como a nivel regional, los …

This paper studies the government procurement of services from foreign suppliers by
conducting a statistical analysis of data submitted by Japan and Switzerland to the WTO's …

This paper presents novel reduced form evidence on the association between international
trade agreements that include disciplines on public procurement practices reflected in the …

The government of Lebanon is working on a new public procurement law and implementing
regulations to unify and modernize public sector procurement. Based on a review of the …

Governments are known to prefer domestic over foreign suppliers in the award of
procurement contracts despite cost and quality considerations. Literature exploring this …