Bureaucratic politics: Blind spots and opportunities in political science

S Brierley, K Lowande, RA Potter… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Bureaucracy is everywhere. Unelected bureaucrats are a key link between government and
citizens, between policy and implementation. Bureaucratic politics constitutes a growing …

Individuals and organizations as sources of state effectiveness

MC Best, J Hjort, D Szakonyi - American Economic Review, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Bureaucrats implement policy. How important are they for a state's productivity? And do the
trade-offs between policies depend on their effectiveness? Using data on 16 million public …

Building critical infrastructures: Evaluating the roles of governance and institutions in infrastructural developments in Sub-Sahara African countries

M Appiah, ST Onifade, BA Gyamfi - Evaluation Review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

To bid or not to bid: That is the question: Public procurement, project complexity and corruption

S Baldi, A Bottasso, M Conti, C Piccardo - European Journal of Political …, 2016 - Elsevier
The main aim of this study is to improve our comprehension of the role played by project
complexity and institutional quality as possible drivers of the choice between open auctions …

Digital courts and corporate investment in sustainability: Evidence from China

W Li, Q Peng - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
The construction of digital courts is a crucial measure to improve the judicial environment
through the deep integration of judicial reform and digital technology. This study examines …

Renegotiation of public contracts: An empirical analysis

F Decarolis, G Palumbo - Economics Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
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Purchasing medical devices: The role of buyer competence and discretion

A Bucciol, R Camboni, P Valbonesi - Journal of Health Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the price variability of standardized medical devices purchased by
Italian Public Buyers (PBs). A semiparametric approach is used to recover the marginal cost …

Analysing governance‐led infrastructural development nexus in sub‐Saharan Africa: Does the moderating role of institutional quality matter?

M Appiah, ST Onifade, BA Gyamfi - Growth and Change, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Governments engage in infrastructural developments across the globe, and the level of
success often colligates with institutional quality levels. However, despite the presence of …

Public private partnerships in Europe for building and managing public infrastructures: an economic perspective

E Iossa, S Saussier - Annals of public and cooperative …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Public–private partnerships (PPPs) are long‐term contractual agreements between the
public and private sector for the provision of public infrastructures and services. Due to …

Information integration, procurement internal controls, material and purchasing procedure standardization and procurement performance in humanitarian …

M Muhwezi, H Mutebi, SS Mayanja… - … Logistics and Supply …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Procuring relief products and services is a challenging process for humanitarian
organizations (HOs), yet it accounts for approximately 65% of relief operations' costs …