We contribute to the literature on the optimal design of auction mechanisms for the procurement of nature conservation … decreases with repetition. Theory predicts that repetition facilitates collusion among sellers in procurement auctions, while …

Many organizations use procurement tenders to buy large amounts of goods and services. Especially in the public sector … the use of these reverse auctions has grown rapidly over the past decades. For the (reverse) unit price auction experience … competition, incentives in unit price auction change in such a way that can make bid skewing disappear. …

claim that market competition andbidding in an auction should be analyzed as part of one game, where the pricingstrategies …

In procurement auctions, bidders are usually better informed about technical, financial, or legal aspects of the goods … and services procured. Therefore, the buyer may include a dialogue in the procurement procedure which enables the … question of the value added of letting the sourcing process consist of both an auction and a negotiation stage, theoretically …

. We do so in procurement settings where the buyer can give the winning bidder incentives to exert effort on non …-price dimensions after the auction. Both auctions theoretically implement the surplus maximizing mechanism. Our experiment confirms …

Aftermarket social welfare is largely determined by a procurement auction design. Auctions select firms for operating … aftermarket social welfare generated by first-price and second-price procurement auctions. It reveals that the social welfare …-price procurement auctions are welfare-equivalent. When it increases (or decreases) with price, first-price (or second-price) auctions …

group of citizens should a corrupt government official favor? In addition,what should be the basis for this favoritism? To … citizens. Next, we show that the nature of this favoritism depends not only on the bribes receivedby the corrupt government …