CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Pilz, Oliver |
|---|---|
| Title | Political Competition and Public Procurement Corruption Risks in Hungarian Municipalities between 2010 - 2019 |
| Summary | This paper examines the relationship between political competition and corruption risks in the public procurement process. To this purpose, a data set on Hungarian public procurement contracts reported by municipalities and municipality-owned enterprises between 2010 – 2019 are matched with data on municipal elections from 1990 until 2014, and data on the characteristics of Hungarian municipalities. Logistic regressions are used in order to analyse how political competition and public procurement corruption risks are related. The results imply that mayors and political parties in power for three or more consecutive electoral terms are more likely to be associated with procurement contracts ridden with corruption risks than those in their first or second terms. Similarly, mayors who are members of the ruling party are more likely to have worse procurement outcomes than independent and opposition mayors. The paper finds no relationship between corruption risks and how close the electoral race was in municipalities. The paper contributes to the literature on low political competition’s adverse effects on public sector performance, especially within the framework of dominant party systems, for which Hungary serves as a most likely case. |
| Supervisor | Fazekas, Mihály |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/pilz_oliver.pdf |
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