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Tendering, auctions and preparation costs

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  • Waterson, Michaël
  • Canoy, Marcel

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This paper analyses the basic features of technical and distributional changes in the US since the Civil War as the expression of the gradual emergence of a new paradigm, corresponding to a Managerial Revolution, and its replacement of the earlier organization inherited from the Industrial Revolution.

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  • Waterson, Michaël & Canoy, Marcel, 1994. "Tendering, auctions and preparation costs," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Couverture Orange) 9410, CEPREMAP.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpm:cepmap:9410
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