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Construction Procurement Auctions: Do Entrant Bidders Employ More Aggressive Strategies than Incumbent Bidders?

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  • Sheng Li & Peter Philips, 2012. "Construction Procurement Auctions: Do Entrant Bidders Employ More Aggressive Strategies than Incumbent Bidders?," Review of Industrial Organization, Springer;The Industrial Organization Society, vol. 40(3), pages 191-205, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:40:y:2012:i:3:p:191-205
    DOI: 10.1007/s11151-011-9318-4
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    Keywords

    Aggressive; Bidder asymmetry; Dispersion; Entrants; Incumbents; Procurement auctions; D44; D82; L74;
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    JEL classification:

    • D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
    • L74 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Construction

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