Procuring authorities frequently use screening in order to mitigate risky bids. This study estimates the effect of bid screening and litigation on entry and bidding using a unique data set on highway construction procurement auctions in Poland. The market exhibits a screening method that ex...

Procuring authorities frequently use screening to mitigate default risk. However, eliminating bidders reduces competition and may discourage entry. This study estimates the effect of screening and litigation using a unique data set on highway construction procurement auctions in Poland. The...

This paper investigates the strategies of a data broker in selling information to one or to two competing firms that can price-discriminate consumers. The data broker can strategically choose any segment of the consumer demand (information structure) to sell to firms that implement third-degree...