Ensthaler, Ludwig; Giebe, Thomas - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 1, pp. 179-189
This contribution revisits the problem of allocating R&D subsidies by government agencies. Typically, the applicants … procurement problem. This auction is strategically simple, as it exhibits truthtelling in dominant strategies and satisfies ex …-post rationality, while observing the budget constraint. We test the auction in Monte-Carlo simulation and discuss its applicability …