作者：Jeziorski, Przemyslaw; Krasnokutskaya, Elena
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Johns Hopkins University
摘要：This article provides evidence on the role of subcontracting in the auction-based procurement setting with private cost variability and capacity constraints. We demonstrate that subcontracting allows bidders to modify their costs realizations in a given auction as well as to control their future costs by reducing backlog accumulation. Restricting access to subcontracting raises procurement costs for an individual project by 12% and reduces the number of projects completed in equilibrium by 20%...
