Theoretical and Laboratory Investigation of Buyer-Determined Procurement Auctions

买方决定采购拍卖的理论和实验室研究

• 批准号: 0849054
• 负责人: Elena Katok
• 金额: $ 7.36万
• 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: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0849054&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Theoretical; Laboratory; Investigation; Buyer; Determined

Buyer-determined procurement auctions are now widely used by businesses as a way to purchases needed supplies and parts from other businesses. These 'B-to-B' auctions are conducted on-line by a number of commercial auction providers. They typically use auction rules that economists would classify as non-binding reverse auctions. Bidders compete against each other (hence it is a reverse auction) but the winner is not necessarily the supplier with the lowest bid. Rather, buyers decide who wins the contract, based on the final quotes and further information on the suppliers.While these auctions are widely used, they have not been studied by economists. This award funds the development of a formal game-theoretic model of behavior in these auctions as well as a series of lab experiments that test the theory's predictions about the effects of specific features of the auction design on auction outcomes.This research advances our understanding of a procurement methods that is in wide use. The results of this research benefit businesses as well as government entitities that use procurement auctions to find appropriate suppliers. The research demonstrates that specific changes in auction methods can improve the efficiency of the auction method, so that buyers can quickly locate the supplier who best meets their needs.

现在，买方确定的采购拍卖已被企业广泛使用，用作购买其他企业所需的耗材和零件的一种方式。 这些“ B-TO-B”拍卖是由许多商业拍卖提供商在线进行的。 他们通常使用拍卖规则，经济学家将归类为非结合逆转拍卖。 投标人相互竞争（因此是反向拍卖），但赢家不一定是最低竞标的供应商。 相反，买家根据供应商的最终报价和更多信息决定谁赢得合同。虽然这些拍卖已被广泛使用，但尚未由经济学家研究。 该奖项为这些拍卖中的正式游戏理论模型以及一系列的实验室实验提供了资金，该奖项测试了该理论对拍卖设计特定特征对拍卖结果的影响的预测。这项研究促进了我们对广泛使用的采购方法的理解。 这项研究的结果使企业以及使用采购拍卖来寻找合适供应商的政府律师。 研究表明，拍卖方法的特定变化可以提高拍卖方法的效率，以便买家可以迅速找到最能满足其需求的供应商。