This paper deals with a Niskanen type of public-procurement agency. It is shown that the procurement game should be … which refers to both investment and production. Welfare-optimal procurement of the project can be attained under relatively …

US federal agency, we investigate how officer workload impacts innovation procurement outcomes. Unanticipated retirement …

We analyse procurement auctions in which sellers are distinguished on the basis of the ratios of quality per unit of …

Cost overrun is ubiquitous in public procurement. We argue that this can be the result of a constraint optimal award …

For the procurement of complex goods the early exchange of information is important to avoid costly renegotiation ex … use of negotiations as a procurement mechanism in private industry. …

We analyze wartime prosthetic device patents to investigate how demand and procurement policy can shape medical … more cost-conscious procurement model during the Civil War. Third, we find that inventors emphasized dimensions of product … historical record, across wars. We conclude that procurement environments can significantly shape the scientific problems with …

Centralization of public procurement can lower prices for the government's direct purchase of goods and services. This … paper focuses on indirect savings. Public administrations that do not procure directly through a central procurement agency …

resources and procurement managers. Due to anti-corruption laws, agents cannot sell contracts or positions that they are … connections in the presence of convex costs of networking. -- nominations ; rent-seeking ; networks ; politicians ; procurement …