preferences for the ascending institution with bidders choosing it overwhelmingly often when entry prices for the two auctions are … the same. When the entry prices of the two auctions differ, many subjects can be shown to be willing to pay more to enter …

, look like auctions. We also discuss some more obvious applications, especially to industrial organization. …

a companion book, The Economic Theory of Auctions, Paul Klemperer (ed.), Edward Elgar (pub.), 1999.) We begin with the … most fundamental concepts, and then introduce the basic analysis of optimal auctions, the revenue equivalence theorem, and … number of bidders, collusion, multi-unit auctions, double auctions, royalties, incentive contracts, payments for quality …

auctions in situations where bidders have privately known "demand curves'' and extended to include situations with …

commodity market, posted price, tenders and auctions. In this paper, we discuss the use of these models for interaction between … brokering through Nimrod/G deadline and cost-based scheduling for two different optimization strategies on the World Wide Grid …