Auctions and Public Service Procurement

2 pm – 3.30 pm

C. Aubert (Univ. of Paris 9) “Optimal Concessions of Water Services under Common Value” (with P. Bontems & François Salanié)

S. Thoyer (ENSA Montpellier) “What Format for Water Auctions?”(with A. Hailu)

U. Meister (Univ. of Zurich) “Franchise Bidding in the Water Industry – Auction Schemes and Investment Incentives”

Coffee break

4 pm - 5.30 pm

S. Saussier (Univ. of Paris 11) “Competition, Institutional Framework and Efficiency of Public-Private Partnerships: The Case of Water Supply in France” (with E. Chong & F. Huet)

S. Garcia (ENGREF Montpellier) “Analysis of Water Price Determinants in France: Cost Recovery, Competition for the Market and Operators Strategy”(with L. Guérin-Schneider & G. Fauquert)

C. Shugart (Independent Consultant) “The Selection of Concessionaires in the Urban Water Sector: Does the Standard Procurement Paradigm Fit?”

5.45 pm- 6.30 pm

M. Janssen (Erasmus Univ.) “A Provisional Agenda for Policy Oriented Auction Research”

Dinner

9 am – 11 am

F. Weinschelbaum (Univ. of San Andrès) “The Effect of Corruption on Bidding Behavior in First-Price Auctions”(with L. Arozamena)

J. Olaya (Univ. of Bonn) & F. Boehm (Berlin Univ. of Technology) “Opportunities for Corruption in Public Contracting Auctions and Ways to Address Them – The Role of Transparency in Bidding Processes”

S. Straub (Univ. of Edinburgh) “Concessions of Infrastructure in Latin America: Government-led Renegotiation” (with J.L. Guasch & J.-J. Laffont)

N. Doni (Univ. of Firenze) “The Importance of Reputation in Awarding Public Contracts”

Coffee break

11.30 am- 12.30 pm

S. Bourjade (Univ. of Toulouse 1) “Strategic Price Discounting and Rationing in Uniform Price Auctions”

J.C. Dutra (Center for Experimental Economics) “An Experimental Investigation of a Hybrid Auction” (with F.M. Menezes)

C. Staropoli (Univ. of Paris 1) “Coordinating Cross-border Congestion Management through Auctions: An Experimental Approach of European Solutions” (with V. Pignon & S. Robin)

Lunch

2 pm- 3.30 pm

P.-H. Morand (Univ. of Besançon) “Allotment and Subcontracting in Procurement Bidding”(with F. Maréchal)

C. Hariton (ESC Toulouse) “Auctioning Public Service – A Dynamic Approach”(with J. Crémer)

Y. Baba (Aoyamagakuin University) “The Optimal Privatization Scheme”

Coffee break

4 pm- 5.30 pm

A. Gautier (Univ. of Louvain) “Opening a Market to Competition” (with M. Mitra)

S. Hultén (Stockholm School of Economics) “Strategic Pricing by Oligopolists in Public Tenders of Passenger Railway Services” (with G. Alexandersson)

A. Yvrande-Billon (Univ. of Paris 1) “The Attribution Process of Delegation Contracts in the French Urban Public Transport Sector: Evolution and Consequences”