Empirical Studies on bid rigging in public procurement auctions
Project/Area Number |
21730186
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Applied economics
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Research Institution | Kwansei Gakuin University (2010) Hitotsubashi University (2009) |
Principal Investigator |
KATO Masatoshi Kwansei Gakuin University, 経済学部, 助教 (80507707)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2010
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Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
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Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Keywords | 産業組織 / 競争政策 / 入札談合 / 公共調達 / 実証分析 / 公共調逹 |
Research Abstract |
In the first year, I conducted a case study of bid-rigging prosecuted by the Japan Fair Trade Commission under the Antimonopoly Act. More concretely, I examined bid-rigging in public procurement auctions in Fukuoka, jointly with my colleagues. Then, my colleagues and I published a book on the economics of the Antimonopoly Act in Japan. Also, in the first year, I made efforts to construct a data set regarding bidding in procurement auctions. Using the data set, in the second year, I conducted an empirical analysis regarding bidding behaviors in procurement auctions. In particular, I examined changes in bid prices before and after the investigation by the competition agency. The results show that prices fall significantly after the investigation. Regarding this research, I presented the paper at the Japan Economic Policy Association Annual Meeting in May 2010. As related research, I have addressed several research projects on inter-firm competition, including innovation and survival/exit, which are closely related to this project. Then, I published a number of papers and presented them at some domestic and international conferences.
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