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来源类型 | Discussion paper |
规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP11968 |
DP11968 Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness | |
Michael Best; David Szakonyi; Jonas Hjort | |
发表日期 | 2017-04-18 |
出版年 | 2017 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | How important are bureaucrats for the productivity of the state? And to what extent do the tradeoffs between different policies depend on the implementing bureaucrats’ effectiveness? Using data on 16million public procurement purchases in Russia during 2011–2016, we show that over 40 percent of the variation in quality-adjusted prices paid—our measure of performance—is due to the individual bureaucrats and organizations that manage procurement processes. Such differences in effectiveness matter for policy design. To illustrate, we show that a common procurement policy—bid preferences for domestic suppliers—dramatically improves performance, but only when implemented by ineffective bureaucrats |
主题 | Development Economics ; Public Economics |
关键词 | State capacity Bureaucrats Public sector organizations Procurement Policy design |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp11968-0 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540779 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Michael Best,David Szakonyi,Jonas Hjort. DP11968 Individuals and Organizations as Sources of State Effectiveness. 2017. |
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