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
AGGRESSIVE
ENTRANT BIDDING IN CONSTRUCTION: AN ARTIFACT OF GREATER ENTRANT UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
THE TRUE COST OF CONSTRUCTION
Authors: Sheng Li (Central
NEW FIRMS’
BIDDING BEHAVIOR AND SURVIVAL: EVIDENCE FROM AUCTIONS OF
Authors: Sheng Li (Central
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 (
Prevailing Wage
Laws
A Stochastic
Frontiers Analysis of the Efficient Effects of the Implementation of British
Columbia’s Fair Wage Law
Authors: Kevin Duncan
(
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