, reputation, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for …Abstract: Based on my recent work with several co-authors this paper explores the relationship between discretion … accountability and trade reasons. In Europe regulation constrains the use of past performance information to select contractors while …

damage quality when information is poor. Evidence on whether this fear is well-founded is scarce. We provide evidence using a … research that has relied on indicators of the quality of urgent treatments, we take advantage of the plausible absence of … selection bias in our setting to identify the effect on quality of non-acute hip replacements. Using administrative data on all …

We extend the theory of advertising as a quality signal, using a model where an entrant can choose to advertise by … comparing its product to that of an established incumbent. Comparative advertising, comparing quality of one’s own product to …

participate in the contest. Thus, weak cooperation through network formation can serve as a barrier to entry on the market for …