auctions, auction theory predicts bid distributions in Bayesian Nash equilibrium does not convey any information about bidders … risk averse. We show bidders' expected profits from entry into auctions is nonparametrically recoverable, if a researcher …

Bidders’ risk attitudes have key implications for choices of revenue-maximizing auction formats. In ascending auctions … transaction prices and participation decisions in ascending auctions with entry costs. Nonparametric tests are proposed for two … of risk attitudes in a more general model of ascending auctions with selective entry, where bidders receive entry …

In first-price auctions with interdependent bidder values, the distributions of private signals and values cannot be … counterfactual first-price and second-price auctions with binding reserve prices. These robust bounds are identified from … distributions of equilibrium bids in first-price auctions under minimal restrictions where I allow for affiliated signals and both …