Herweg, Fabian; Schmidt, Klaus M. - 2017 - This version: January 29, 2017
-only auction (discouraging early information exchange) and bilateral negotiations with a preselected seller (reducing competition …). Bilateral negotiations are superior if potential design improvements are important, if renegotiation is particularly costly, and … if the buyer's bargaining position is strong. Moreover, negotiations provide stronger incentives for sellers to …