Despite growing global interest in the use of algorithmic behavioural screens, big data and machine learning to detect bid rigging in procurement markets, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was under no obligation to undertake a project in this area, much less to publish a...

To understand the impact of new pricing structure on residential electricity demands, we need a baseline model that captures every factor other than the new price. The standard baseline is a randomized control group, however, a good control group is hard to design. This motivates us to devlop...

Google occupies a powerful position within the United States economy, a position which many have begun to consider too powerful. Google’s power is derived almost entirely from how it uses the billions of pieces of information it collects on its users—a collection of information known as big...

Im Auftrag der Messe Frankfurt GmbH führte das ifo Institut eine Studie über die wirtschaftliche Bedeutung der Frankfurter Messen auf die Region Frankfurt, das Land Hessen und die Bundesrepublik Deutschland durch. Ausgehend von den gesamten Ausgaben der Messeaussteller und -besucher aller...

This research paper investigates the level of product quality based on the dimensions of quality. Customers' priorities when purchasing a two wheeler have been analyzed for different manufacturers using a structured questionnaire. This study uses both an empirical and a fuzzy logic approach to...

This paper takes the dearth of quality procurement data as an empirical point of departure to assess emerging regulatory trends in data-driven and digital public procurement governance and, in particular, the European Commission's ambition for the single digital procurement market. It resorts to...

The game of cricket got a new dimension, when the Indian Premier League (IPL), a competition of twenty over-a-side featuring eight teams named after various Indian cities/states started in 2008. The teams were franchisee driven and the players were selected via competitive bidding from a pool of...

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We compare different industry concentration ratios based on the Standard Industry Classification (SIC) system to ratios based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) system and demonstrate through the analysis of industry markups that GICS-based measures are better proxies for the...

Die Studie ist eine überarbeitete Fassung der " Untersuchung einer verbesserten Konzentrationserfassung"und befaßt sich mit der Aufbereitung von Daten der amtlichen Statistik zur Unternehmenskonzentration. Ziele der Studie sind, die empirische Aussagefähigkeit der amtlichen Unternehmens- und...