The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) spectrum auctions use a simultaneous ascending auction design. Bidders bid … mitigate collusive bidding in the spectrum auctions, and then apply these ideas to the design of daily electricity auctions. …

This paper describes the signaling that occurred in many of the FCC spectrum auctions. The FCC's simultaneous ascending … auctions allowed bidders to bid on numerous communication licenses simultaneously, with bidding remaining open on all licenses …

This paper examines the impact of an incumbent carrier’s participation in two simultaneously conducted auctions: one … bidders seeking access to set-aside auctions that would be consistent with the FCC’s goal of promoting competition in the …