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This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private …
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. To this purpose, we collect a data set on the Italian municipal governments and all the procurement auctions they … importantly, the winning rebate. Interestingly, we also find that the probability that the same firm is awarded more auctions, or … of favoritism in repeated procurement auctions, where time reveals collusive types, thus increasing the value of illegal …
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investigate several puzzles from the recent auctions literature. Our results suggest that: (1) the reputation of an artist and the … in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
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We consider a labor market with search frictions in which workers make multiple applications and firms can post and commit to general mechanisms that may be conditioned both on the number of applications received and on the number of offers received by its candidate. When the contract space...
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at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now" format, it is the buyer. Both formats are extensively used in online and … auction …
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We derive a theoretical model of effort in the presence of career concern based on the multi-unit all-pay auction, and …
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be decentralized by sellers posting auctions combined with a fee that is paid by (or to) all buyers with whom the seller …
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We analyse preferences for public, private or mixed provision of childcare theoretically and empirically. We model childcare as a publicly provided private good. Richer households should prefer private provision to either pure public or mixed provision. If public provision redistributes from...
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Germany, we assess the distribution of air pollution and the spatial substitution effects in green versus dirty vehicles …
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Changes in transport costs can affect mobility in ways that differ across the population, affecting the impacts of transport policies. We randomly assign large price reductions on Uber in Egypt over a 3-month period and collect comprehensive data on participant mobility using Google Timeline. A...
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