Political Connections of the Boards of Directors and Defense Contractors Excessive Profits

Abstract

A growing body of literature concerning the political connections of either private-sector firms or states has gained much momentum in the last two decades. Despite the fast-growing interest in the research of political connections, most of the papers belong to the economics or public administration fields. There are few studies, if any that look into the role of firms political connections in the defense acquisition area, which provides another proof of the alleged disciplinary disconnect that has existed for a long time between public administration, economics, and defense-related research. This paper makes an effort to bridge this gap by investigating the impact of political connections on the excessive profitability of defense contractors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 02, 2013
Accession Number
ADA584665

Entities

People

  • Chong Wang

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Contractors
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Knowledge Management
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Science
  • Procurement
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • United States

Readers

  • Economics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.