unrestricted sales where we estimate the model, and when we predict (out of sample) bidder entry and prices for small business set … profit of larger firms. We explain these findings by connecting to the theory of optimal auction design …

customer bids, and dealers observing customer bid can predict the auction cutoff price better. Customers also respond …

lowers mean borrowing costs by 9-10%. We estimate a structural auction model to measure markups and to illustrate and …

efficiency of both the Generalized Second Price auction (GSP, used by Google and Microsoft-Bing and Yahoo!) and the VCG mechanism … auction both in terms of revenues and efficiency …

abandoned them. The common explanations given for the lack of popularity of the auction method in the US, viz., issuer …

.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 …

changes make the actions of bidders less visible during the auction and also limit the set of bids which can be submitted by a … this proposition using data from 4 auctions: the PCS C Block, Auction 35, the Advanced Wireless Service auction and the 700 … Mhz auction. We examine the frequency of jump bids, retaliatory bids and straightforward bids across these auctions. While …

. Bidders can "buy-it-now" at a posted price, or "take-a-chance" in an auction where the top d > 1 bidders are equally likely to … mechanism increases revenue by 4.4% and consumer surplus by 14.5% compared to an optimal second-price auction …

second apart batch auctions results in nearly the same trades and prices. Increasing the time interval between auctions to …