modelled as a multiple criteria auction, and an auctioneer (a government employee) who has discretion in devising the selection … auction into a symmetric information auction (in bribes) for a common value prize. In a repeated setting we show that … favoritism substantially facilitates collusion. It increases the gains from collusion and contributes to solving basic …

This paper investigates links between corruption and collusion in procurement. A first-price multiple-object auction is … auction designers, competition authorities and criminal courts is that risks of collusion and of corruption must be addressed …) provides a mechanism to enforce collusion. A second result is that package bidding can facilitate collusion. We also find that …

to the investigation, we find that auction prices in the targeted auctions: (i) significantly increased as soon as the … counterfactual impact on auction prices by the removal of the common bidding agent and the demise of the buying collaboration at a …

auction in how they promote the prospects of collusive arrangements. One mechanism allows bidders to coordinate by means of … opportunity to implement mutual shareholding. According to our results firstprice procurement is quite collusion-proof when …

This paper contributes to the study of tacit collusion by analyzing infinitely reaped multiunit uniform price auctions … which the monopoly outcome with equal sharing is sustainable in the uniform price auction, but not in the corresponding … discriminatory auction. Moreover, capacity withholding may be necessary to sustain this outcome. We extend these results to the case …

We consider competitive bidding for a business license, via an open ascending-price auction, between two symmetric …

-quantity pair, perfect collusion with equal sharing of profit is easier to sustain in the uniform price auction than in the …This article analyzes tacit collusion in infinitely repeated multiunit uniform price auctions in a symmetric … corresponding discriminatory auction. Moreover, capacity withholding may be necessary to sustain this outcome. Even when firms may …