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The unmediated call auction is a useful trading mechanism to aggregate dispersedinformation. Its ability to incorporate … auction game where both auction prices and limit prices of uninformed tradersre°ect potential insider information. The … predictions of the model are tested inthe laboratory. While an insider improves the call auction outcomes in terms ofincreasing …
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Are commonly known beliefs essential for bidding behavior in asymmetric auctions? Our experimental results suggest that not informing participants how values are randomly generated does not change behavior much and may even make it appear more rational.
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Two auction mechanisms are studied in which players compete with one another for an exogenously determined prize by … lowest (highest) bid auction game, the winner of the prize is the player who submits the lowest (highest) bid provided that …-negative cost of entry, and an option to stay out of the auction if the entry cost is deemed too high, we propose an algorithm for …
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As firms implement tournament bonus reward schemes, mainly the idea is to introduce competition amongst their agents in the order to promote their performance.Tournaments in which agents compete for a bonus by investing effort, are frequentlyapplied, e.g., in development races, political...
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Theoretically and experimentally, we generalize the analysis of acquiringa company (Samuelson and Bazerman 1985) by allowing for competition ofboth, buyers and sellers. Naivety of both is related to the idea that higherprices exclude worse qualities. While competition of naive buyers...
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Collusive agreements are often observed in procurement auctions. They are probablymore easily achieved when competitors’ costs are easily estimated. If, however, the individualcosts of bidders are private information, effective ring formation is difficult to realize.We compare experimentally...
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A vast literature shows that individuals frequently violate normative principles in reasoning. In evaluatingthe relevance of these findings for psychology, economics, and related disciplines, it is natural to askwhether reasoning errors reflect random aberrations or systematic biases. One...
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The price mecanism is the primary means of information transferin decentralized economic systems. High prices indicate highdemand, whereas low prices indicate low demand. Thus prices arethe signals for accelerating or slowing production. However, usingsequential, multi-unit auctions, we show...
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continuous double auction, indicate that objectivelyirrelevant information influences trading behavior. Moreover, positively and …
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This paper provides an overview on the simulations andexperiments we have done in order to better understandhuman-agent interaction in a market environment. We findthat the introduction of software agents does not necessarilyinduce a more efficient market. More surprisingly,information on the...
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