In second price internet auctions with a fixed end time, such as those on eBay, many bidders snipe , i.e., they submit … second price internet auctions, in which very late bids have a positive probability of not being successfully submitted, and … their bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction. Late bids of this sort are much less frequent in auctions that …

A great deal of late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as eBay, which employ a second price auction … with a fixed deadline. Much less late bidding has been observed on internet auctions such as those run by Amazon, which … the different ending rules under controlled conditions, without the other differences between internet auction houses that …

In many auctions, the auctioneer is an agent of the seller. This delegation invites corruption. In this paper we … bidding, and how it altogether changes the revenue ranking of typical auctions. In addition we characterize incentive schemes …

market conditions, and provides a theoretical explanation of low price equilibria in simultaneous, ascending-bid auctions …

introduced in England and adopted in Switzerland and elsewhere is a cause of the disappointing performance of many UMTS auctions … revenue or more competition. The paper closes with several proposals on how one should conduct future spectrum auctions. …

competitive market structure than other UMTS auctions in Europe. The present paper explains the design of that auction, and …

Auctions are the allocation-mechanisms of choice whenever goods and information in markets are scarce. Therefore … comparative statics of welfare versus revenues for auctions with one or more objects and varying numbers of bidders. Depending on …

We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement …. -- corruption ; auctions ; negotiations ; public procurement …