Search for dissertations about: "Fixed-price contract"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Fixed-price contract.

  2. 1. Contract Choice and Trust in Informal Groundwater Markets

    Author : Yashodha Yashodha; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Output-shared contract; Fixed-price contract; Lab-in-field experiment; Random parameter model; Endogenous matching; Omitted variable bias; Trust; Altruism; Kinship;

    Abstract : Bargaining and Contract Choice: Evidence from Informal Groundwater Contracts Informal market arrangements are often in place when formal institutions are too weak to establish a formal mechanism for resource allocation. In this paper, we study informal groundwater contracts in India, in particular, the bargaining power of sellers and buyers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Going once, going twice, SOLD! : the economics of past and present public procurement in Sweden

    Author : Sofia Lundberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adverse selection; asymmetric information; common value; fixed price contract; logit model; negative binomial; negotiated procedure; open procedure; private values; simplified procedure; stochastic cost frontier; Sverige; 1800-talet; 1900-talet; Prisbildning; Auktioner; Offentlig upphandling; tjänster;

    Abstract : This thesis is about the economic aspects of public procurement of services through auctionsin Sweden. It focuses on two different institutions, auctions used to find foste r-parents forboarded out children in the 19th century, and auctions of cleaning service contracts in the 20 thcentury. READ MORE

  5. 3. Empirical Essays on Procurement and Regulation

    Author : Magnus Arnek; Lars Westin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Competitive tendering; entry; regulation; moral hazard; yardstick competition; Allais Paradox; payoff size; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay 1: This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the effect of competitive tendering on road operation and maintenance expenses in Sweden. Contrasts of procurement expenses between operation and maintenance contracts let in competitive tendering and similar sole-sourced contracts indicate that competitive tendering reduces procurement expenses by 22-27 percent. READ MORE