We study entry and bidding patterns in sealed bid and open auctions. Using data from the
US Forest Service timber auctions, we document a set of systematic effects: sealed bid …

We use data from highway procurement auctions subject to California's Small Business
Preference program to study the effect of bid preferences on auction outcomes. Our analysis …

We document whether and how publicizing a public procurement auction causally affects
entry and the costs of procurement. We run a regression discontinuity design analysis on a …

This review surveys the growing literature on the econometrics of first-price sealed-bid
auctions and nonlinear pricing. The complexity of the economic models has initiated fruitful …

Set-asides and subsidies are used extensively in government procurement and resource
sales. We analyze these policies in an empirical model of US Forest Service timber auctions …

We review the literature concerned with the structural econometrics of observational data
from auctions, discussing the problems that have been solved and highlighting those that …

This paper considers nonparametric identification of a two‐stage entry and bidding game we
call the Affiliated‐Signal (AS) model. This model assumes that potential bidders have private …

A bidding process can be organized so that offers are submitted simultaneously or
sequentially. In the latter case, potential buyers can condition their behavior on previous …

We introduce and apply a new nonparametric approach to identification and inference on
data from ascending auctions. We exploit variation in the number of bidders across auctions …

We study the impact of an investigation into collusion and corruption to learn about the
organization of cartels in public procurement auctions. Our focus is on Montreal's asphalt …