Identifying non-competitive bids in construction contract auctions

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Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 443-449

  Skitmore, Martin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Auctions; Construction; Contract; Goodness of fit; Non competitive bids; Outliers; Small samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036889138     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(02)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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