Public Procurement Data from Russia for Bureaucratic Performance and State Effectiveness Analysis
Creators:
Michael Carlos Best, Jonas Hjort, David Szakonyi
Publication Date:
2023/06/07
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This dataset includes detailed records of over 16 million public procurement purchases in Russia, used to evaluate how much individual bureaucrats and organizations contribute to differences in state effectiveness. It was used by Michael Carlos Best, Jonas Hjort, and David Szakonyi in their 2023 American Economic Review study to quantify variation in prices paid for similar goods, assess spending quality, and examine heterogeneity in the effectiveness of procurement policies such as bid preferences.
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