discussion about the obtained results at the end. The first part provides a literature review on auctions and analyzes bidders …' behavior in Austrian cattle auctions. The aim is to investigate whether there are differences among bidders and whether bidders …

auctions. It is the second bulletin on livestock marketing research in the West prepared under the supervision of the Western … marketing agencies used and the status of auctions in the total structure of livestock marketing; (3) to trace the development … trade territory and methods of transportation used; and (5) to determine the economic effectiveness of auctions as an agency …

While there is an ever increasing adoption of e-sourcing, where a buyer auctions off procurement contracts to a small …, focusing on recurring auctions, we find that suppliers bid adaptively. The adaptive bidding is affected by the rank of … auctions, while non-incumbent winner's quality is lower. These findings imply that the main value of online procurement …

(Roscas) in an agricultural south-Indian village are used for an analysis of Rosca auctions. We develop a simple SIPV Rosca …-auction model. We show that, in contrast to standard SIPV English auctions, bidders overbid relative to their maximum willingness to …

a series of auctions to elicit consumers' valuations for the product. The primary decision making problem the firm faces … is when to stop holding auctions, where a limited number of units can be sold, and turn to a traditional sales campaign …

Simultaneous ascending auctions present agents with various strategic problems, depending on preference structure. As … long as bids represent non-repudiable offers, submitting noncontingent bids to separate auctions entails an exposure …

We examine a supply base diversification problem faced by a buyer who periodically holds auctions to award short term …

integration of preference structures andgraphical models in trading mechanisms, and in particular in multiattribute auctions. I … firstdevelop multiattribute auctions that accommodate generalized additive independent (GAI)preferences. Previous multiattribute … modeling of user utility in sponsored-search auctions, in order to facilitate ranking mechanisms that account for the user …