Journal Article, Government Information Quarterly Abstract The high expenditure on public procurement by governments makes it imperative to enhance transparency across the procurement cycle with technology-driven initiatives, such as e-procurement systems. This paper develops the Public Procurement Transparency Index and evaluates the impact of institutional reforms and membership of the World […]
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In a very influential article, Mayer and Lopoo (2008) find that government expenditure increases intergenerational mobility (IGM). This implies that public spending mediates parental income and reduces the incidence of becoming poor in the long-run. However, these type of state interventions are highly heterogenous across poor and rich cohorts in […]