Purpose: Several sectors, especially the construction industry, use unit price contracting (UPC). This contracting form provides agents, ex ante, with estimated quantities of the work to be done. Competing agents then offer corresponding unit prices i.e. the bid is a price vectors, and most...

This article adds to the theoretical base of unbalanced bidding in auction theory. The importance of this concept is justified by being a decisive feature in the make-or-buy decision of a client who cannot rely on repeated interaction, often the case in public procurement, for example. Earlier...

In this paper, we introduce a method for determining local interaction rules in animal swarms. The method is based on the assumption that the behavior of individuals in a swarm can be treated as a set of mechanistic rules.The principal idea behind the technique is to vary parameters that define...

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to study how fair values in financial reports are audited. Design/methodology/approach: The study is a qualitative case study based on in-depth interviews. Findings: One important finding is that auditors anchor in the figure presented by the company, and...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to describe and analyse the methods and standards of valuation used by Swedish professional property valuers when appraising commercial properties and factors affecting those standards. The study builds on a 2002 comparative study of valuers in four...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the concepts market value (MV) and exit price should be interpreted in thin markets and how accounting rules may need to change to take this into account. Design/methodology/approach: This is a conceptual paper using hypothetical examples as...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of bubble, what it means to explain a bubble and propose a list of bubble indicators. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a literature review and some philosophical ideas to derive conclusions for the problems...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to try to explain how long‐term mismanagement of a housing estate could arise in a country with a strong legal framework aimed at preventing such situations. Design/methodology/approach – Assuming that both tenants and landlords are rational, the...