Michael Klien
Biographic Data
| ID | 6037854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Klien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Klien |
| SIGNATURE | KLIEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Austrian Institute of Economic Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8746-0389 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Private enforcement of procurement rules
This study examines the impact of the EU Remedies Directive on the prevalence of direct awards in public procurement. Strengthening bid protest mechanisms should, in theory, curb the use of direct awards by increasing the likelihood that aggrieved bidders challenge such decisions. Using a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the staggered implementation of the directive across EU countries, we test this hypothesis using a large database…
Water utility consolidation
The political side of public utilities
Globalization, welfare regimes and social protection expenditures in Western and Eastern European countries
This paper analyzes the effects of globalization on social protection expenditures in European countries. The particular focus is on (a) the Eastern European countries and (b) on differences in globalization effects between welfare regimes. We find evidence in favor of the compensation hypothesis in Western Europe which is driven by the conservative welfare regime, outweighing the efficiency effect of globalization in the social-democratic welfar…
Globalization, welfare regimes and social protection expenditures in Western and Eastern European countries
This paper analyzes the effects of globalization on social protection expenditures in European countries. The particular focus is on (a) the Eastern European countries and (b) on differences in globalization effects between welfare regimes. We find evidence in favor of the compensation hypothesis in Western Europe which is driven by the conservative welfare regime, outweighing the efficiency effect of globalization in the social-democratic welfar…
Water utility consolidation
The political side of public utilities
Globalization, welfare regimes and social protection expenditures in Western and Eastern European countries
This paper analyzes the effects of globalization on social protection expenditures in European countries. The particular focus is on (a) the Eastern European countries and (b) on differences in globalization effects between welfare regimes. We find evidence in favor of the compensation hypothesis in Western Europe which is driven by the conservative welfare regime, outweighing the efficiency effect of globalization in the social-democratic welfar…
The political side of public utilities
Water utility consolidation
Private enforcement of procurement rules
This study examines the impact of the EU Remedies Directive on the prevalence of direct awards in public procurement. Strengthening bid protest mechanisms should, in theory, curb the use of direct awards by increasing the likelihood that aggrieved bidders challenge such decisions. Using a difference-in-differences approach, exploiting the staggered implementation of the directive across EU countries, we test this hypothesis using a large database…
Economics (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Water resources management and optimization (2 works) · Auction Theory and Applications (1 work) · Business (1 work)