Politicians’ preferences over public-private procurement and credit-claiming: Micro-foundations

• In Event: How Budget and Procurement Decisions Affect Fiscal Health

Brief Overview

Using a survey experiment, we study how politicians’ preferences over procurement are affected by the credit claim potential of projects and how incumbents can strategically use projects as part of their electoral campaigns when seeking re-election.

Authors

• Paolo Belardinelli, Indiana University

• Eleanor Florence Woodhouse, University College London