Équipe de Recherche sur l’Utilisation des Données Individuelles en Lien avec la Théorie Économique

Foreign aid and power play: Political cycles in world bank’s procurement allocation

This paper examines the existence of political cycles in the awarding of World Bank procurement contracts around elections. We analyze elections in the home country of firms winning these contracts, distinguishing between firms based in the aid recipient country (i.e., domestic f...