Institutional and Social Quality of Local Environment and Efficiency in Public Works Execution

Does Institutional Quality Matter for Infrastructure Provision? A Non-parametric Analysis for Italian Municipalities

“…institutional quality) in affecting public works execution. Therefore, our study belongs to the large strand of literature studying the effects of 'environmental-quality' on the performance of public procurement (for a survey, Guccio et al 2017).…”

“…For a detailed review of this literature, seeGuccio et al (2012a).6 The extent of such an opportunistic behaviour depends on the incentives involved by the type of contract (e.g., fixed-price or cost-plus contracts) as well as by the selection procedure (e.g., open or negotiated procedures).7 A review of this literature is provided byGuccio et al (2017).…”