this question, we offer a framework that compares auctions with negotiations. We then examine a comprehensive data set of …

Which is the more profitable way to sell a company: a public auction or an optimally structured negotiation with a … smaller number of bidders? We show that under standard assumptions the public auction is always preferable, even if it … at least one extra bidder. An immediate public auction also dominates negotiating while maintaining the right to hold an …

passed without a bid. The strategic differences in the auction rules are reflected in the auction data by significantly more … about ending the auction playing an important role …

timber auctions, the Forest Service publicly announces its estimates of the tract characteristics before the auction, and …

The empirical analysis of auction data has become a thriving field of research over the past thirty years. Relying on …

"per install" basis--plays a major role in the mix and characteristics of auction winners, and, consequently, in their … number of such users. The distortion becomes worse as the auction gets more competitive and the number of bidders increases …

We analyze a new auction format in which bidders pay a fee each time they increase the auction price. Bidding fees are … predicts a particular distribution of ending prices, which we test against observed auction data. Our model fits the data well …

role of timing within an ascending auction, and the possibilities for price forecasting -- and how economic and game … auction, in which a new entrant, SpectrumCo, faced all these problems yet managed to purchase nationwide coverage at a … discount of roughly a third relative to the prices paid by its incumbent competitors in the same auction, saving more than a …

.S. Forest Service timber auctions, we document a set of systematic effects of auction format: sealed bid auctions attract more … value auction model with endogenous participation can account for these qualitative effects of auction format. We estimate … an assessment of bidder competitiveness, which has important consequences for auction choice …