Table 4.

Regressions on determinants of entry for registered bidders

 Logit OLS 
Dependent variable(1)(2)(3)(4)
Has bid in previous year0.851*** (0.0698)0.739*** (0.0505)0.191*** (0.0113)0.159*** (0.00851)
Has bid in previous year, same region and industry0.234*** (0.0379)0.255*** (0.0421)0.0578*** (0.00963)0.0611*** (0.0100)
Has registered in previous year−0.824*** (0.0828)−0.720*** (0.0606)−0.184*** (0.0208)−0.154*** (0.0138)
Present in same municipality0.254*** (0.0406)0.256*** (0.0420)0.0615*** (0.00988)0.0603*** (0.00966)
Present in same region0.180** (0.0559)0.187*** (0.0486)0.0430** (0.0135)0.0443*** (0.0112)
Backlog0.00001970.00001590.000004510.00000417
 0.00001820.00001510.000004390.00000371
Backlog/Turnover−0.0000403** (0.0000139)−0.0000144 (0.0000149)−0.00000931** (0.00000300)−0.00000378 (0.00000345)
Scoring−0.173 (0.0957)−0.287** (0.0931)−0.0409 (0.0228)−0.0655** (0.0206)
Partial0.222 (0.118)0.171 (0.102)0.0512* (0.0243)0.0387 (0.0215)
Engineer estimate−0.0219 (0.0273)−0.0185 (0.0266)−0.00373 (0.00221)−0.00296 (0.00186)
Engineer estimate20.000112 (0.000328)0.0000875 (0.0000290)0.00001211* (0.00000561)0.0000101* (0.00000467)
Outcome mean0.460.460.460.46
Observations67,51767,45767,51767,470
Firm characteristicsYesYesYesYes
Industry FENoYesNoYes
Region FENoYesNoYes
Year FENoYesNoYes
Note(s):

Dependent variable is a dummy indicating whether a firm has bid in any lot in an ITT conditional on registering for the given ITT. Firm characteristics include turnover, turnover/engineer estimate and employee count. Regressions include constant. Backlog and engineer estimate are in million euro. Backlog is calculated taking the sum of the values (engineer estimates) of tenders awarded to the firm during one year prior to the observed ITT. Standard errors are clustered at the industry level. Observations are firm – ITT pairs. Standard errors in parentheses. *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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