Thomas Balbach

Thomas Balbach

I am a PhD candidate at KU Leuven, supervised by Professor Steven Van de Walle. I study how government contracts for policy goals in Belgium, Germany, and the United States, using big procurement data and experiments.

Toward a Theory of Perfunctory Government Contracts.

Published in Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven, 2025

Recommended citation: Balbach T (2025). Toward a Theory of Perfunctory Government Contracts. Evidence From Belgium. Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven.