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This paper analyzes the political economy of outsourcing by 16 federal bureaus during 1981-1996. In an era of restricted budgets & budget balancing, the paper questions why federal bureaus did not exploit fully the efficiencies of outsourcing. It proves that federal bureaus can achieve technical & cost efficiency through outsourcing when contracts can be nearly fully specified. Federal bureaus outsource by obtaining inputs to their production processes through contracts with competitive market producing units. Econometric results substantiate the hypothesis that "institutions matter," & reveal that bureaus achieve varying levels of technical efficiency through different levels of outsourcing. 2 Tables, 2 Figures, 24 References. Adapted from the source document.