no code implementations • 1 May 2021 • David Imhof, Hannes Wallimann
We propose an original application of screening methods using machine learning to detect collusive groups of firms in procurement auctions.
no code implementations • 22 Apr 2021 • Martin Huber, David Imhof
Based on Japanese and Swiss procurement data, we construct such graphs for both collusive and competitive episodes (i. e when a bid-rigging cartel is or is not active) and use a subset of graphs to train the neural network such that it learns distinguishing collusive from competitive bidding patterns.
no code implementations • 12 Apr 2020 • Hannes Wallimann, David Imhof, Martin Huber
We propose a new method for flagging bid rigging, which is particularly useful for detecting incomplete bid-rigging cartels.