General government procurement spending by function as percentage of total procurement spending, 2021

Government Spending and Growth

The Optimal Share of Property Rights Protection Expenditure in Total Government Spending: The Case of Iran

Abstract The main purpose of this paper is to obtain the optimal amount of expenses of government relating to the protection of property rights (PPRs). To achieve these purposes we have introduced concept of social intelligence with respect to PPRs and then developed different growth model from existing literature. In the second step the optimal share of government spending on the PPRs is calcu...

Evaluating Discretion in Government Procurement

Government procurement contracts generally garner a small number of bids, and it is not uncommon for only one bid to be considered. This paper quantifies multiple factors determining the extent of competition observed in the United States federal procurement data for commercially unavailable IT and telecommunications service contracts. We develop, identify, and estimate a principal-agent model ...

Government Spending: An Economic Boost?

The severe global economic downturn and the large stimulus programs that governments in many countries adopted in response have generated a resurgence in research on the effects of fiscal policy. One key lesson emerging from this research is that there is no single fiscal multiplier that sums up the economic impact of fiscal policy. Rather, the impact varies widely depending on the specific fis...

Benefit Evaluation Model of E-Government Procurement

Since 1990s, Information Technology has developed at speed. With the development of IT and Internet, E-Government affair has become the focus of every government. As an important part of E-Government Affair, E-Government Procurement has a great influence on the development of economy. Based on the situation of Government Procurement of China, this paper states the importance of benefit evaluati...