We use data from highway procurement auction subject to California\u27s Small Business Preference program to study the effect of bid preferences on auction outcomes. Our analysis is based on an estimated model of firms\u27 bidding and participation decisions, which allows us to evaluate the effects of current and alternative policy designs. We show that incorporating participation responses siginificantly alters the assessment of preferential treatment policies
This thesis empirically investigates important phenomena surrounding procurement auctions. The first...
In this dissertation, I investigate how different aspects of the procurement process and evaluation ...
Should the buyer of a customized good use competitive bidding or negotiation to select a contractor?...
In public procurement auctions, governments routinely offer preferences to qualified firms in the fo...
Government purchases of goods and services represent approximately 10 percent of the U.S. economy, a...
In public-sector procurement, governments frequently offer programs that give preferential treatment...
In public-sector procurement, governments frequently offer programs that give preferential treatment...
Collusion in auctions can take different forms, one of which is refraining from bidding. Such behavi...
This dissertation empirically studies bidder behavior in procurement auction environments. I apply a...
The targeted design of auctions has to take behavioral regularities into account. This paper explore...
This study examines bidder preferences between alternative auction institutions. In particular we s...
A number of papers in the theoretical auction literature show that the release of information regard...
Motivated by several interesting features of the highway mowing auction data from Texas Department o...
Procurement awarding mechanisms based on average price have been advocated to soften price competiti...
In government procurement auctions of construction contracts, entrants are typically less informed a...
This thesis empirically investigates important phenomena surrounding procurement auctions. The first...
In this dissertation, I investigate how different aspects of the procurement process and evaluation ...
Should the buyer of a customized good use competitive bidding or negotiation to select a contractor?...
In public procurement auctions, governments routinely offer preferences to qualified firms in the fo...
Government purchases of goods and services represent approximately 10 percent of the U.S. economy, a...
In public-sector procurement, governments frequently offer programs that give preferential treatment...
In public-sector procurement, governments frequently offer programs that give preferential treatment...
Collusion in auctions can take different forms, one of which is refraining from bidding. Such behavi...
This dissertation empirically studies bidder behavior in procurement auction environments. I apply a...
The targeted design of auctions has to take behavioral regularities into account. This paper explore...
This study examines bidder preferences between alternative auction institutions. In particular we s...
A number of papers in the theoretical auction literature show that the release of information regard...
Motivated by several interesting features of the highway mowing auction data from Texas Department o...
Procurement awarding mechanisms based on average price have been advocated to soften price competiti...
In government procurement auctions of construction contracts, entrants are typically less informed a...
This thesis empirically investigates important phenomena surrounding procurement auctions. The first...
In this dissertation, I investigate how different aspects of the procurement process and evaluation ...
Should the buyer of a customized good use competitive bidding or negotiation to select a contractor?...