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"Buy-It-Now" or "Sell-It-Now" auctions : effects of changing bargaining power in sequential trading mechanisms
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2015
at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now" format, it is the buyer. Both formats are extensively used in online and … auction. …
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Preference signaling and worker-firm matching: evidence from interview auctions
Laschever, Ron A.; Weinstein, Russell - 2021
an auction. Consistent with the predictions of a signaling model, we find the auction is valuable for less desirable … firms trying to hire high desirability applicants. Second, we find evidence that is consistent with the auction benefiting … having the opportunity to interview through the auction. Among hires, these candidates are more represented among auction …
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Shutdown contests in multi-plant firms and governmental intervention
Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
the effects of governmental support for domestic plants on selection efficiency. -- Auction ; collective tournament …
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Paintings and numbers : an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices and returns in Latin American art auctions
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2008
in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
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The impact of scoring weights on price and quality outcomes : an application to the procurement of welfare-to-work contracts
Koning, Pierre; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2012
This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only bid on prices, but also received points for three...
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Job search with bidder memories
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Menzio, Guido; Smith, Eric - 2009
This paper revisits the no-recall assumption in job search models with take-it-or-leave-it offers. Workers who can recall previously encountered potential employers in order to engage them in Bertrand bidding have a distinct advantage over workers without such attachments. Firms account for this...
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Redistributive politics and market efficiency : an experimental study
Großer, Jens; Reuben, Ernesto - 2009
democracy, subjects first earn their income by trading in a double auction market and thereafter vote on redistributive policies … equilibrium predictions. -- Redistribution ; double auction ; elections ; lobbying …
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Political culture and discrimination in contests
Epstein, Gil S.; Mealem, Yosef; Nitsan, Shemuʾel - 2010
CSFs), we show that an all-pay auction is always the preferred CSF from the point of view of the contest designer. This …. -- rent seeking political culture ; discrimination ; contests ; logit contest success function ; all-pay-auction …
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Costless discrimination and unequal achievements in a labour market experiment
Filippin, Antonio; Guala, Francesco - 2011
We investigate the emergence of discrimination in an experiment where individuals affiliated to different groups compete for a monetary prize, submitting independent bids to an auctioneer. The auctioneer receives perfect information about the bids (i.e. there is no statistical discrimination),...
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Competing with asking prices
Lester, Benjamin; Visschers, Ludo; Wolthoff, Ronald - 2013
In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller is willing to take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the...
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