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CATEGORIES:Charlton College of Business,Lectures and Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The Department of Accounting & Finance announces the following 
 research seminar. Speaker: Eliezer M. Fich (Drexel University)Title: Who G
 ets the Contract? The Role of Social Capital in Government SpendingDate: F
 riday, November 6, 2026Time: 9:30 -10:45 AMLocation: via Zoom MeetingMeeti
 ng ID: 438 755 1509 Abstract: We study whether economic connectedness, a m
 easure of social ties across socioeconomic status, affects federal contrac
 ting outcomes for Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs). We combine federa
 l contract data with county connectedness measures. A 5% increase in econo
 mic connectedness is related to an 11.35% higher likelihood that an SDB wi
 ns a federal contract. This translates to about $529 million in added cont
 ract value. Omitted variable diagnostics suggest that unobservable selecti
 on is an unlikely explanation for our findings. The gains come from increa
 sed SDB participation, not preferential treatment. Policies that build tie
 s across income groups could widen disadvantaged businesses’ access to p
 ublic procurement. For additional information, please contact Prof. Hongka
 ng Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/1
 1-6-26-accounting-and-finance-department-research-seminar.php
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><body><p>The Department of Accounting & 
 Finance announces the following research seminar.</p>\n<p>Speaker: Eliezer
  M. Fich (Drexel University)<br>Title: Who Gets the Contract? The Role of 
 Social Capital in Government Spending<br>Date: Friday\, November 6\, 2026<
 br>Time: 9:30 -10:45 AM<br>Location: via Zoom Meeting<br>Meeting ID: 438 7
 55 1509</p>\n<p>Abstract:</p>\n<p>We study whether economic connectedness\
 , a measure of social ties across socioeconomic status\, affects federal c
 ontracting outcomes for Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDBs). We combine 
 federal contract data with county connectedness measures. A 5% increase in
  economic connectedness is related to an 11.35% higher likelihood that an 
 SDB wins a federal contract. This translates to about $529 million in adde
 d contract value. Omitted variable diagnostics suggest that unobservable s
 election is an unlikely explanation for our findings. The gains come from 
 increased SDB participation\, not preferential treatment. Policies that bu
 ild ties across income groups could widen disadvantaged businesses’ acce
 ss to public procurement.</p>\n<p>For additional information\, please cont
 act Prof. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu.</p><p>Event page: <a href="https
 ://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/11-6-26-accounting-and-finance-department-res
 earch-seminar.php">https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/11-6-26-accounting-an
 d-finance-department-research-seminar.php</a></a></p></body></html>
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261106T093000
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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Accounting and Finance Department Research Seminar
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