In eBay s Buy-it-Now auctions sellers can post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to an auction. We study … predictions of a model by combining the real auction environment (eBay auction platform and eBay traders) with the techniques of … lab experiments. We observe that the eBay auction format supports deviations from truthful bidding leading to auction …

auction. We analyse experimentally how eBay sellers set BIN prices and whether they benefit from offering them. Using the real … eBay environment in the laboratory, we find that the eBay auction format supports deviations from truthful bidding leading … to auction prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Our results reveal that the observed price …

does not effect their price decisions. Compared to an eBay auction without a BIN-price, the BIN-auction is more efficient …