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Empirical studies on bidding rings in public procurement auctions

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26285052
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypePartial Multi-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Economic policy
Research InstitutionKindai University (2016)
Tohoku University (2014-2015)

Principal Investigator

NAKABAYASHI Jun  近畿大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (30565792)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 中島 賢太郎  東北大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (60507698)
Research Collaborator KAWAI Kei  カリフォルニア大学バークレイ校, 経済学部, 助教授
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥11,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,700,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Keywordsカルテル・入札談合 / 競争政策 / 公共政策 / カルテル / 公共事業の入札 / 経済政策 / 談合 / 公共入札 / 計量分析 / 入札談合 / 公共工事
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We documented evidence of widespread bidding rings among construction firms in procurement auctions for public construction projects. We use data that covers most of the construction projects procured by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation from years 2003 through 2006. By examining rebids that occur for auctions when all bids fail to meet the secret reserve price, we identify collusion using ideas similar to regression discontinuity. The approach we propose in this paper requires only bid data and does not rely on parametric assumptions on the primitives of the model. Our approach can also be useful to law enforcement agencies in a variety of settings given that rebidding is commonly observed.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Annual Research Report
  • 2014 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2017 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (1 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Invited: 6 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California Berkeley/New York University/Boston University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Berkeley(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Detecting Large-Scale Collusion in Procurement Auctions2014

    • Author(s)
      Kei Kawai and Jun Nakabayashi
    • Journal Title

      SSRN

      Volume: 2467175 Pages: 1-53

    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Structural Estimation of the Scoring Auction Model2017

    • Author(s)
      Jun Nakabayashi
    • Organizer
      Conference on “Auctions, competition, regulation, and public policy ”
    • Place of Presentation
      Lancaster, UK
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Detecting Large-Scale Collusions in Procurement Auctions2015

    • Author(s)
      中林 純
    • Organizer
      日本経済学会秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      上智大学(東京都千代田区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Detecting Large-Scale Collusions in Procurement Auctions2015

    • Author(s)
      Jun Nakabayashi
    • Organizer
      Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Palais des Congres de Montreal (CANADA)
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Detecting Large-Scale Collusions in Procurement Auctions2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun Nakabayashi
    • Organizer
      European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
    • Place of Presentation
      Milan, Italy
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-29 – 2014-08-31
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Detecting Large-Scale Collusions in Procurement Auctions2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun Nakabayashi
    • Organizer
      European Economic Association & Econometric Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Toulouse, France
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-25 – 2014-08-29
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Detecting Large-Scale Collusions in Procurement Auctions2014

    • Author(s)
      Jun Nakabayashi
    • Organizer
      Conference on “Auctions, competition, regulation, and public policy
    • Place of Presentation
      Lancaster, UK
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-12 – 2014-06-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Remarks] 日本の公共工事の入札談合の分析

    • URL

      http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2014/03/press20140313-01.html

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2022-02-16  

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