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    Regulatory Capture in Public Procurement

    Paper

    Posted on 10 October 2024

    By Kentaro Asai

    This paper studies how hiring public officials affects firms’ ability to win government contracts in Japan. We link personnel transitions of public officials to contractors and government contracts awarded to...
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    Corporate finance | Empirics | Regulation

    Exposing the Revolving Door in Executive Branch Agencies

    Paper

    Posted on 6 April 2022

    By Logan Emery

    We develop the first comprehensive mapping of the revolving door phenomenon in the U.S. by examining the work experience in executive branch agencies of 1,910,150 individuals covering top corporate positions...
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