Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
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- Kei Kawai & Jun Nakabayashi & Juan Ortner & Sylvain Chassang, 2023. "Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 90(1), pages 376-403.
- Kei Kawai & Jun Nakabayashi & Juan M. Ortner & Sylvain Chassang, 2022. "Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach," NBER Working Papers 29625, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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Keywords
procurement; collusion; backlog; incumbency; regression discontinuity; antitrust;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
- D43 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2022-03-07 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-REG-2022-03-07 (Regulation)
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