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In: Journal of political economy, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 13-30
ISSN: 1537-534X
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In: Journal of political economy, Band 13, Heft 1, S. 13-30
ISSN: 1537-534X
In: National Industrial Conference Board, Studies in Business Policy 75
In: Conference Board Reports
In: Dep. of Commerce, Bur. of Foreign and Dom. Commerce, Trade Information Bulletin 546
In: Dep. of Commerce, Bur. of Foreign and Dom. Commerce
In: Trade Information Bulletin 521
In: Dep. of Commerce, Bur. of Foreign and Dom. Commerce, Trade Information Bulletin 502
In: Dep. of Commerce. Bur. of foreign. and domestic Commerce. Trade Promotion Series 1
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 117, Heft 1, S. 129-155
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: The Economic Journal, Band 14, Heft 55, S. 356
In: Dep. of Commerce, Bur. of Foreign and Dom. Commerce, Trade Information Bulletin 488
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 75-81
ISSN: 1552-3349
In: NBER Working Paper No. w15530
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Using unexplored Japanese and Swiss public procurement data over 1990-2003, we examine the effect of macroeconomic, political economy, procurement-specific and domestic policy factors on governments' sourcing decisions. We also provide for an empirical test of Baldwin's (1970, 1984) "neutrality proposition" and for the effectiveness of the WTO's Uruguay Round Agreement on Government Procurement (URGPA) in increasing foreign market access. Our results suggest the importance of the magnitude of procurement demand, domestic firm attributes and unobserved sector-specific heterogeneity in these governments' purchases from abroad. However, the expected impact of traditional macroeconomic variables and political budget cycles does not come through in our results. Public and private sector imports do not offset each other in our analyses for Japan and only selectively for Switzerland. Finally, membership of the GPA is only found to increase the value of foreign procurement in Switzerland, though it seems to increase the import demand for contracts in both countries.
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