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 …

licenses. While these rules have performed well in the auctions conducted so far (and would perform even better with the design … individual-license pricing when licenses are complementary. In simultaneous ascending-price auctions, from a bidder's perspective …

We examine bid data from the first two broadband PCS spectrum auctions for evidence of value synergies. First, we …

We evaluate a number of possible enhancements to the FCC auctions. We consider only changes to the current auction … summarizes and extends our e-mail exchanges with FCC staff on this topic. A subsequent report will cover auctions with … combination bids. Overall, the FCC spectrum auctions have been an enormous success. However, there are two design goals in the …