Alongside Instrumental Variable (IV) and Fixed Effects (FE), the Control Function (CF) approach is the most widely used in production function estimation. Olley-Pakes, Levinsohn-Petrin, Ackerberg-Caves-Frazer have all contributed to the literature proposing two-steps estimation procedures, while...

We empirically investigate the effect of oversight on contract outcomes in public procurement. In particular, we stress a distinction between public and private oversight: the former is a set of bureaucratic checks enacted by contracting offices, while the latter is carried out by private...

The public procurement of medical devices is increasingly relying on auction mechanisms to move toward more transparent procedures and to promote competition between suppliers in a market where the quality of the products matters enormously and an improper auction design could be very harmful....