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Goldberg (1977) - Competitive Bidding And The Production Of Precontract Information (view source)
Revision as of 18:26, 31 May 2010
, 18:26, 31 May 2010→Short Summary
Suppose for example, that the principal (the purchaser) has a preference for durability of the product as well as price. One solution is to create a scoring rule to force bidders to incorporate both types of information:
:<math>s_i = f(b_i, d_i)\,</math>
where <math>s_i\,</math> is the score for firm <math>i\,</math>, <math>b_i\,</math> is their price bid, and <math>d_i\,</math> is there durability bid. <math>f(\cdot)\,</math> is a function that weights the inputs according to the principal's requirements.