How Do Citizens Perceive Fairness in Public Works Bidding?:

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This study examines how citizens perceive collusion in public bidding and its impact on acceptance of public works.
Conducted a survey experiment targeting general citizens to assess their perceptions of collusion.
Analyzed responses to understand the effects of exposure to pro-collusion arguments on fairness perceptions.
Evaluated the relationship between fairness perception and acceptance of public projects involving collusion.
Citizens exposed to arguments justifying collusion perceive it as less unfair.
Acceptance of public projects increases, especially when justified by maintaining construction quality.
The spread of pro-collusion reasoning creates distortions in public perceptions of fairness.

Survey experiments reveal how citizens' perceptions of fairness in collusion affect acceptance of public works.

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Yukino Watanabe (2025) studied this question.

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