Procurement auctions that assume independent private values (IPV) provide a benchmark for analysis that is readily … expected quantities sold and selling prices of some endogenous-quantity procurement auction formats. The resulting equilibrium …

To estimate demand for labor, we use a combination of detailed employment data and the outcomes of procurement auctions …

, we propose a new empirical method that allows us to predict the expected procurement cost at any reserve price. Being … find that bidders are highly risk-averse and choosing non-binding reserve prices would minimize procurement costs, whereas …

An increasingly studied auction format is the asymmetric procurement auction, which features an advantaged bidder … are cost-disadvantaged can overcome their inferior cost position. In a design that mirrors real construction procurement … auctions, our laboratory experiment tests whether two information asymmetries (more precise cost estimates and knowledge about …

We examine auction data to determine if bid rigging presents in procurement auctions for paving works in Ibaraki City …

We test recent theory on the benefits of auctions and bargaining as alternative procurement mechanisms using data on … the procurement of medical devices by Italian hospitals. Theory suggests that auctions perform well when cost control is …

Abstract Public procurement data sets usually lack detailed data that are needed to implement existing methods of … collusion detection. We design a method to identify and test for bid rigging in procurement auctions using limited information … implement the methodology to a unique data set of entire Turkish public procurement auctions in years 2004-2010, numbering 470 …