Collaborative Research: Procurement Mechanism Design

合作研究：采购机制设计

• 批准号: 0620209
• 负责人: Elena Katok
• 金额: $ 16.84万
• 依托单位: Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0620209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Procurement; Mechanism; Design

This grant provides funding for the analytical and experimental work required to better understand a class of procurement mechanism that combine auctions with non-competitive contracts. These mechanisms are widely used in practice because they offer a promise to preserve the advantages that auctions offer (transparency, competitive price) while allowing the buyers to retain control over the identities of their ultimate suppliers, and maintain longer term relationships with those suppliers. But theoretical and practical characteristics of these mechanisms are not well-understood. Mechanisms in which buyers and suppliers can choose between auctions and non-competitive contracts will be formally modeled and analyzed. The theoretical properties of these mechanisms will be examined both in simple settings, as well as in settings with synergies and multi-attribute products. Laboratory experiments involving human subjects and real monetary incentives will be used to validate the analytical results. The laboratory setting will be designed to implement theoretical assumptions and achieve a high level of internal validity, while at the same time the supply-chain procurement context will be used in order to achieve a measure of external validity. Some key experimental treatments will be replicated using participants with managerial expertise in the area of procurement and sourcing.If successful, the results of this research will lead to improvements in the design of procurement mechanisms within supply chains, as well as to a better understanding of theoretical and practical attributes of mechanisms that combine auctions and non-competitive contracts. The primary goal of this work is to provide recommendations on how procurement mechanisms can be improved to enhance gains from trade in complex environments. The research will also provide a better understanding of competitive bidding in environments with synergies and complex multi-attribute products, which is an issue of importance to commercial and government institutions throughout society. The software and experimental protocols will be available for use to other researchers. The proposed work will contribute to the development of infrastructure used to teach issues in procurement and market design to students at all levels.

这笔赠款为更好地了解一类将拍卖与非竞争性合同结合起来的采购机制所需的分析和实验工作提供资金。这些机制在实践中被广泛使用，因为它们承诺保留拍卖提供的优势（透明度、有竞争力的价格），同时允许买家保留对最终供应商身份的控制权，并与这些供应商保持更长期的关系。但这些机制的理论和实践特征还没有得到很好的理解。买方和供应商可以在拍卖和非竞争性合同之间进行选择的机制将被正式建模和分析。这些机制的理论性质将在简单的设置，以及设置与协同作用和多属性产品进行检查。将使用涉及人类受试者和实际金钱奖励的实验室实验来验证分析结果。实验室设置将被设计用于实施理论假设并实现高水平的内部效度，而与此同时，供应链采购环境将被用于实现外部效度的测量。一些关键的实验性治疗方法将由在采购和采购领域具有管理专门知识的参与者进行复制。如果成功，这项研究的结果将导致供应链内采购机制设计的改进，以及更好地理解结合拍卖和非竞争性合同的机制的理论和实践属性。这项工作的主要目标是就如何改进采购机制以增加复杂环境下的贸易收益提出建议。该研究还将更好地理解具有协同效应和复杂多属性产品的环境下的竞争性投标，这对整个社会的商业和政府机构都是一个重要的问题。该软件和实验协议将可供其他研究人员使用。拟议的工作将有助于发展用于向各级学生讲授采购和市场设计问题的基础设施。