Bergemann, Dirk; Brooks, Ben; Morris, Stephen - 2018
is randomly allocated at a price that all bidders are willing to pay, or advantageous selection, wherein the object is … probability one by a deterministic posted price. If advantageous selection is optimal, the object is sold with probability less … than one at a random price. By contrast, standard auctions that allocate to the bidder with the highest signal (e.g., the …