The analysis of auctions is an active area of research for both theoretical and empirical economists. Concentrating on a particular auction format, namely the First--Price Sealed--Bid auction, this dissertation contributes to the analysis of auction both from a methodological viewpoint and from...

CHAPTER 1: Discrete Choice Models With Local Interactions: A Game Theoretical ApproachConsider observations from a single equilibrium of a local interaction game in which each player, a firm, has a finite number of actions (discrete choice) and is subject to interactions that are localfor...