TY - GEN AU - Teruel-Gutiérrez, Ricardo AU - Carreres-Prieto, Daniel AU - Molina-Moreno, Valentín AU - Gálvez-Sánchez, Francisco Jesús PY - 2025 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/10481/107735 AB - This article advances empirical understanding of subcontracting behaviour in US defence procurement by integrating financial, contractual, and governance variables within an interpretable machine-learning framework. Using decision tree models trained... LA - eng PB - Public Money & Management KW - accountability KW - defence contracting KW - environmental, social and governance (ESG) indicators KW - financial governance KW - public procurement TI - Financial governance and subcontracting in US defence firms: a predictive model for public accountability DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2025.2579076 ER -