A laboratory investigation of rank feedback in procurement auctions

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-144

  Elmaghraby, Wedad J ^a   Katok, Elena ^b   Santamaría, Natalia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Bidding behavior; Feedback; Laboratory experiments; Procurement auctions; Rank

Indexed keywords

BIDDING BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; EXPECTED COSTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LOWER AVERAGE; PROCUREMENT AUCTION; RANK; SEALED-BID AUCTIONS;

BENCHMARKING; COMMERCE; FEEDBACK; LABORATORIES; PROFITABILITY;

COSTS;

EID: 84861417003     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1110.0354     Document Type: Article

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