Doing more for less? New evidence on lobbying and government contracts
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Keywords
Political connections; Lobbying; Government spending; Procurement;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
- G38 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Government Policy and Regulation
- H57 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Procurement
- H61 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt - - - Budget; Budget Systems
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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