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Collusion and delegation under information control
Asseyer, Andreas - 2020
This paper studies how information control affects incentives for collusion and optimal organizational structures in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012160310
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Delegation and recruitment in organizations: The slippery slope to "bad" leadership
Çakır, Selcen; Matakos, Konstantinos; Tukiainen, Janne - 2022
challenge. We characterize an equilibrium delegation rule with two key properties: a) some high-skilled politicians may select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551584
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Delegation and recruitment in organizations : the slippery slope to "bad" leadership
Çakır, Selcen; Matakos, Konstantinos; Tukiainen, Janne - 2022
challenge. We characterize an equilibrium delegation rule with two key properties: a) some high-skilled politicians may select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229853
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Collusion through market sharing agreements : evidence from Quebec's road paving market
Leverano, Adriano de - 2019
investigation into collusion and corruption in the Quebec construction industry launched in October 2009 to capture the end of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129347
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Complementary bidding and the collusive arrangement : evidence from an antitrust investigation
Clark, Robert; Coviello, Decio; Leverano, Adriano de - 2020
A number of recent papers have proposed that a pattern of isolated winning bids may be associated with collusion. In … contrast, others have suggested that bid clustering, especially of the two lowest bids, is indicative of collusion. In this …, whose asphalt industry has not been the subject of collusion allegations. Our findings provide causal evidence that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299673
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Sweet lemons : mitigating collusion in organizations
Pollrich, Martin; Negenborn, Colin von - 2018
This paper shows that the possibility of collusion between an agent and a supervisor imposes no restrictions on the set … implementable if the supervisor's information was public is also implementable when this information is private and collusion is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902729
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Election cycles in European public procurement
Havlik, Annika; Heinemann, Friedrich; Nover, Justus - 2021
This paper studies the existence of election cycles in public procurement in the European Union for the national level. We analyze different steps along the procurement process, namely the publication of the contract notice, the awarding of the contract, and the project completion. We point out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649806
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Strategic management in public procurement : the role of dynamic capabilities in equity and efficiency
Cappelletti, Matilde; Giuffrida, Leonardo M.; Heaton, Sohvi - 2023
A key issue in strategic management in the public sector is how government creates economic and social value through procurement. Unfortunately, most procurement studies are based on contract theories, which fail to incorporate the growing role of strategic management in performance. We fill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339568
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Political budget cycles in European public procurement
Havlik, Annika - 2020
This paper studies whether political budget cycles occur in public procurement in the European Union. Using project- level data from Tenders Electronic Daily (2008-2018), I analyze different steps along the procurement process, namely the publication of the contract notice, the awarding of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012319107
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What are the priorities of bureaucrats? : evidence from conjoint experiments with procurement officials
Tukiainen, Janne; Blesse, Sebastian; Bohne, Albrecht; … - 2021 - This version: March 25, 2021
A well-functioning bureaucracy is a precondition for efficient public goods provision. However, bureaucratic decision-making is still largely seen as a black box. We provide novel insights into the preferences of bureaucrats regarding their work outcomes. We focus on a major public sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492856