Online ad auctions : an experiment

Kevin McLaughliny, Daniel Friedman

A human subject laboratory experiment compares the real-time market performance of the two most popular auction formats for online ad space, Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) and Generalized Second Price (GSP). Theoretical predictions made in papers by Varian (2007) and Edelman, et al. (2007) seem to organize the data well overall. Efficiency under VCG exceeds that under GSP in nearly all treatments. The difference is economically significant in the more competitive parameter configurations and is statistically significant in most treatments. Revenue capture tends to be similar across auction formats in most treatments.

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Year of publication:	February 16, 2016 ; This version: February 16, 2016
Authors:	McLaughlin, Kevin ; Friedman, Daniel
Publisher:	[Santa Cruz, CA] : [University of California Santa Cruz, Economics Department]
Subject:	Laboratory Experiments \| Auction \| Online Auctions \| Advertising \| Experiment \| Auktionstheorie \| Auction theory \| Auktion \| Internet-Auktion \| Online auction

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 33 Seiten) Illustrationen
Series:	Working papers / UC Santa Cruz Economics Department. - Santa Cruz, Calif. : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2222459-2. - Vol. [734]
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/148101 [Handle]
Classification:	C92 - Laboratory; Group Behavior ; D44 - Auctions ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms ; L81 - Retail and Wholesale Trade; Warehousing ; M3 - Marketing and Advertising
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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