Procurement Auctions under Quality Manipulation Corruption

主讲人

Yangguang Huang

简介

<p>In the procurement of a project with variable quality, corruption via quality manipulation arises when&nbsp;the agent tasked with evaluating project quality is bribed to exaggerate the quality score of a corrupt&nbsp;firm. We study how the buyer adjusts the procurement scheme under the threat of quality manipulation.&nbsp;In addition to the classical trade-off between efficiency and information rent, deterrence of corruption&nbsp;by the inefficient firm plays a key role in the optimal mechanism design. We show that, instead of&nbsp;under-reporting, as would be observed under a second-best mechanism without corruption, the buyer&nbsp;may overstate her preference for quality. Moreover, the buyer may be better off because the efficient&nbsp;firm&rsquo;s rent is eroded by corruption. Comparing two popular procurement schemes, the dominance of&nbsp;scoring auctions over minimum quality auctions reported in the literature does not hold under quality&nbsp;manipulation.</p>

时间

2016-10-20(Thursday)16:40-18:00

地点

N303, Econ Building

讲座语言

English

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承办单位

类型

系列讲座

联系人信息

主持人

Zhi Li

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主讲人简介

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business and Management</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;">The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology</span></p> <p><a href="/Upload/File/2016/10/20161013051939852.pdf"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u><strong><font size="2">Pr</font><font size="2">of.&nbsp;</font>Yangguang&nbsp;<font size="2">Huan</font><font size="2">g's CV</font></strong></u></span></a></p>

期数

“WISE-SOE”高级经济学系列讲座2016秋季学期第三讲(总第368讲)

主讲人: Yangguang Huang
主讲人简介:

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business and Management

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Prof. Yangguang Huang's CV

主持人: Zhi Li
简介:
系列讲座
时间: 2016-10-20(Thursday)16:40-18:00
地点: N303, Econ Building
期数: “WISE-SOE”高级经济学系列讲座2016秋季学期第三讲(总第368讲)
类型: 系列讲座