Download or read book Essays on the Economics of Public Procurement written by Elizabeth Ann Roer and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States federal procurement constitutes 25% of government spending and 6% of Gross Domestic Product. This dissertation addresses three questions in public economics: Are there economically relevant spillovers from federal procurement spending into local labor markets (Chapter 1)? Can legislators influence the spatial distribution of federal procurement spending (Chapter 2)? Do voters respond to changes in federal procurement spending in their districts (Chapter 3)?