Reducing “Dezemberfieber”: Wasteful Year-End Spending and a Solution
Abstract This article reviews the economic literature on wasteful year-end spending. In the German public sector, budgets expire at the end of the year, hence procurement officers have strong incentives to spend the remaining funds inefficiently just before they expire. The article discusses the kin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Sciendo
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Wirtschaftsdienst |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-022-3213-5 |