Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176122 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para discussão No. 639
Publisher: 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract: 
This paper tests whether demand shocks affect firm dynamics. We examine whetherfirms that win government procurement contracts grow more compared to firms thatcompete for these contracts but do not win. We assemble a comprehensive data setcombining matched employer-employee data for the universe of formal firms in Brazilwith the universe of federal government procurement contracts over the period of2004 to 2010. Exploiting a quasi-experimental design, we find that winning at leastone contract in a given quarter increases firm growth by 2.2 percentage points overthat quarter, with 93% of the new hires coming from either unemployment or the informalsector. These effects also persist well beyond the length of the contracts. Partof this persistence comes from firms participating and wining more future auctions, aswell as penetrating other markets
Subjects: 
Demand Shocks
Firm Productivity
Public Procurement
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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