Butler, Jeffrey; Carbone, Enrica; Conzo, Pierluigi; … - The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and … - 2012
This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment exploring the relationship between reputation and entry in … 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 …