Ensthaler, Ludwig; Giebe, Thomas - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2009
A budget-constrained buyer wants to purchase items from a shortlisted set. Items are differentiated by quality and sellers have private reserve prices for their items. Sellers quote prices strategically, inducing a knapsack game. The buyer's problem is to select a subset of maximal quality. We...