Public agencies mainly rely on two modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. We study a … 1994 policy change in Germany that introduced the possibility to procure rail services in auctions as well as in direct … negotiations with the incumbent. We analyze the effect of the procurement mode on service frequency and procurement price. Our …

passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger …Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative … direct negotiations. Taken together, these results indicate a significant efficiency enhancing effect of auctions …

passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger … effect of auctions. -- Auctions ; Negotiations ; liberalization ; passenger railways ; public procurement …Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative …

passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger …Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative … legal framework. We first characterize the decisions of the agency in a simple reduced form framework of negotiations and …

We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement … an intransparent negotiation yields a higher buyer surplus than a transparent auction for a range of parameters. In …

We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement …. -- corruption ; auctions ; negotiations ; public procurement … - that an intransparent negotiation yields a higher buyer surplus than a transparent auction for a range of parameters. In …

Public agencies mainly rely on two modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. We study a … 1994 policy change in Germany that introduced the possibility to procure rail services in auctions as well as in direct … negotiations with the incumbent. We analyze the effect of the procurement mode on service frequency and procurement price. Our …

passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger …Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative … those with direct negotiations. Taken together, these results indicate a significant efficiency enhancing effect of auctions. …

passenger railway services in Germany, where regional agencies can use auctions and negotiations to procure regional passenger …Public agencies rely on two key modes to procure goods and services: auctions and direct negotiations. The relative … legal framework. We first characterize the decisions of the agency in a simple reduced form framework of negotiations and …