Cramton, Peter; Filiz-Ozbay, Emel; Ozbay, Erkut; … - University of Maryland, Department of Economics - Peter … - 2012
We examine bidding behavior in a clock auction in which price is set by the lowest-accepted bid and provisional winners are reported each round (the LABpw auction). This format was used in the India 3G spectrum auction. In the standard theory, the auction performs poorly. In particular it yields...