Working Papers

This is the hot stuff—research that my students, co-authors and I are working on at the moment. Rather than posting pdf’s of these papers, here I will just describe them briefly. Please contact me if you are interested in the lasted version of any of these papers.

Construction Bidding:

TIMING AND BUNDLING PROJECTS TO OFFSET THE LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF BIDDERS CREATED BY CONTRACTOR PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA ON PUBLIC WORKS

Authors: Sheng Li (Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing) and Peter Philips

AGGRESSIVE ENTRANT BIDDING IN CONSTRUCTION: AN ARTIFACT OF GREATER ENTRANT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRUE COST OF CONSTRUCTION

Authors: Sheng Li (Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing) and Peter Philips

NEW FIRMS’ BIDDING BEHAVIOR AND SURVIVAL: EVIDENCE FROM AUCTIONS OF UTAH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Authors: Sheng Li (Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing) and Peter Philips

Health and Safety Issues in Construction

HEALTH INSURANCE AND WORKERS’ RETENTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

JaeWhan Kim and Peter Philips

Project Labor Agreements

Project Labor Agreements in the Construction Industry—A History, Survey and Analysis

Authors: Dale Belman (Michigan State University), Matt Bodah (University of Rhode Island) and Peter Philips

Prevailing Wage Laws

A Stochastic Frontiers Analysis of the Efficient Effects of the Implementation of British Columbia’s Fair Wage Law

Authors: Kevin Duncan (Colorado State University, Pueblo), Mark Prus (SUNY-Cortland) and Peter Philips

The Impact of Prevailing Wage Law Repeals on the Payment of Benefits in Construction

Authors: Mark Price and Peter Philips

Sports Economics

Racial Consumer Discrimination Effects on Attendance in the National Basketball Association, 1950 to 2000

Authors: Cory Sinclair and Peter Philips

Immigration

Do Immigrants Working in the Construction Industry Overuse Unemployment Benefits?

Authors: Chalumporn Holumyong and Peter Philips