Government Intervention and the Macroeconomy: Micro-evidence on the Transmission of Government Procurement

This project analyzes public procurement data to assess its impact on macroeconomic outcomes, focusing on home-bias costs, corruption effects, and pricing factors affecting consumer welfare.

Subsidie
€ 1.464.062
2025

Projectdetails

Introduction

Depending on the country and year, governments spend between 10% and 20% of GDP on public procurement.

Data Collection

I collect data on millions of public procurement contracts awarded in many countries. I have detailed information about the contracts (value, awarding institution, etc.), and merge this information with firm-level balance sheet and firm-to-firm transaction data.

This allows me to study the transmission mechanisms from government procurement to the aggregate economy. The aim is to investigate the particular economic channels through which outcomes in public procurement permeate to the rest of the economy, and to identify the sources of inefficiencies in the process.

Research Blocks

My proposal is divided into three blocks that aim to answer crucial questions about the role that public procurement plays in determining macroeconomic outcomes:

  1. How costly is governments’ home-bias (i.e., governments buy disproportionally and unpredictably more from local firms) for aggregate productivity and welfare in Europe?
  2. What are the effects of corruption in procurement on firms’ dynamics?
  3. What are the factors determining the aggregate price at which governments buy goods and services? What are the implications for consumers’ welfare?

Research Significance

The novelty of the data and the complex interactions between public procurement outcomes, economic distortions, and firms’ decisions make this research proposal ambitious and place it at the research frontier.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 1.464.062
Totale projectbegroting€ 1.464.062

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-1-2025
Einddatum31-12-2029
Subsidiejaar2025

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRApenvoerder

Land(en)

Spain

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