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Environmental policy with green consumerism

Ambec, Stefan; De Donder, Philippe - 2020

Is green consumerism beneficial to the environment and the economy? To shed light on this question, we study the political economy of environmental regulations in a model with neutral and green consumers where the latter derive some warm glow from buying a good of higher environmental quality...

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The greener, the higher : labor demand of automotive firms during the green transformation

Fackler, Thomas; Falck, Oliver; Goldbeck, Moritz; Hans, … - 2024

We investigate differences in labor demand between German automotive firms specializing in green propulsion technology and those with a focus on combustion engines. To this end, we introduce a firm-level labor demand index based on the near-universe of online job postings and firms’ patent...

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Bureaucratic frictions and innovation procurement

Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Raiteri, Emilio - 2023

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

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Probabilistic procurement auctions

Giebe, Thomas; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013

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

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Optimal cost overruns : procurement auctions and renegotiation

Herweg, Fabian; Schwarz, Marco A. - 2016 - This version: March 18, 2016

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

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Auctions and corruption

Lengwiler, Yvan; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000

In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This delegation invites corruption. In this paper we propose a model of corruption, examine how corruption affects the auction game, how the anticipation of corruption affects bidding, and how it altogether changes the revenue ranking...

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Auctions when bidders prepare by investing in ideas

Jeitschko, Thomas D.; Wolfstetter, Elmar - 2000

We consider auction games where, prior to the auction, bidders spend resources to increase their valuations. The market game is solved by solving an equivalent auxiliary social choice problem. We show that standard auctions are fully efficient, whereas reserve price requirements entail a double...

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Inefficient R&D in public procurement : negative consequences of a separation between award and actual contract

Bös, Dieter - 1999

In public procur ement a temporal separation between award and actual contract allows private entrepreneurs who did not get the award to sue to become contractor. Hence, not only the award-winning entrepreneur, but also the losers will engage in relationship-specific investments. Unfortunately,...

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Rules, discretion, corruption, and efficient sole-sourcing in procurement

Amegashie, J. Atsu - 2024

I study a model of procurement with moral hazard and adverse selection. The procurer is either corrupt or honest and … can choose between sole-sourcing and competitive tender. I compare two procurement regulations: no sole-sourcing is … the gain to corruption is big, a flexible procurement regulation may be better than a rigid procurement regulation. If the …

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Indirect savings from public procurement centralization

Lotti, Clarissa; Muço, Arieda; Spagnolo, Giancarlo; … - 2023

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 …

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