examine the effect of increased competition on auction performance: We find that increased competition reduced bidder surplus … aggressive bidding. Counterfactuals establish that as competition increases, concerns regarding auction format play a smaller …

examine the effect of increased competition on auction performance: We find that increased competition reduced bidder surplus … aggressive bidding. Counterfactuals establish that as competition increases, concerns regarding auction format play a smaller …

auction data can be learned without restrictions beyond those derived from the relevant economic model. This enables us to … take a nonparametric perspective in discussing how the structure of auction models can be combined with observables to … uncover (or test hypotheses about) primitives of interest in auction markets. We focus on first-price sealed-bid and ascending …

auction outcomes. To establish causality, we exploit multiple discontinuities in the relationship between reserve prices and … vehicle characteristics to present RD estimates of reserve price effects on auction outcomes. Our first set of results show … that, in line with the robust predictions of auction theory, an increase in reserve price decreases the number of bidders …

their bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction. Late bids of this sort are much less frequent in auctions that … show that sniping in a fixed deadline auction can occur even at equilibrium in auctions with private values, as well as in … that apply the automatic extension rule. The strategic differences in the auction rules are reflected in the field data …