Wild bids. Gambling for resurrection in procurement contracts

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-68

  Calveras, Aleix ^a   Ganuza, Juan Jose ^b   Hauk, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abnormally low tenders; Limited liability and bankruptcy; Procurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043114258     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:REGE.0000028013.76488.44     Document Type: Review

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