Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92759 
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Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Discussion Paper No. 710
Publisher: 
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER), Osaka
Abstract: 
We examine auction data to determine if bid rigging presents in procurement auctions for paving works in Ibaraki City, Osaka, Japan. We first show that sporadic bidding wars are caused by the participation of potential 'outsiders.' Assuming that the ring is all-inclusive if the auction is not the bidding war, we estimate the scheme by which the ring allocates a win to its members. It is found that the ring tends to select a bidder whose winless period is long and whose winning amount in the past is small relative to other bidders.
Subjects: 
bid rigging
repeated auction
JEL: 
D44
H57
L44
Additional Information: 
The Tenth ISER-Moriguchi Prize (2008) Awarded Paper.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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