Open AccessCompetitive Public Procurement during COVID-19: The Unique Political and Policy Experience of the United States
Author(s) -
Clifford P. McCue,
Emily A. Boykin,
Eric Prier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of public procurement markets
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2184-3813
DOI - 10.54611/zxya4384
Subject(s) - procurement , politics , presidential system , covid-19 , pandemic , political science , presidential election , state (computer science) , political economy , public administration , business , economics , marketing , law , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , algorithm , computer science
COVID-19 appeared during one of the most turbulent political environments in U.S. history. This research documents how political polarization during a presidential election year coincided with an incoherent national policy and procurement response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and empirically examines the competitive nature of pandemic-related public procurement contracts across the 50 states based on partisan control of state governments.