Discretion, Efficiency, and Trust in European Public Procurement

• In Event: Bureaucratic Discretion: Measurement, Decisions, and Outcomes

Brief Overview

We formally study the countervailing effects of capacity, trust, and discretion on public procurement contract efficiency using a principal-agent model. We then empirically test the implications of the formal model.

Authors

• Daniel Alexander Novick Goldstein, University of Oslo

• Collin Thomas Schumock, Jacksonville University

• Johannes Wiedemann, Yale University