buyers' offers become more generous. Buyers tend to prefer penalties, which may explain why they are dominant in procurement. …

produced in-house. However, procurement may foster performance-improving innovation. We assemble a large data set on elderly … subjectively perceived quality of service. We estimate how procurement from private providers affects these measures using a … difference-in-difference approach. The results indicate that procurement significantly increases non-contractible quality as …

procurement. There is widespread concern among regulators that favoring suppliers with good past performance, a standard practice … in private procurement, may hinder entry by new (smaller or foreign) firms in public procurement markets. Our results …

procurement. We propose a procurement model with reputation and entry assigning to the entrant a reputational advantage of varying … standard practice in private procurement, may hinder entry by new (smaller or foreign) firms in public procurement markets. Our …

, competition and entry in procurement markets. I focus especially on public procurement, which is highly regulated for …

than produced in-house. On the other hand, procurement may foster performance-improving innovation. We assemble a large … a number of other potential determinants. The results indicate that procurement significantly increases non …