This paper shows that in online car auctions, resellers are better at appraising the value of the cars they are bidding … on than are consumers. Using a unique data set of online car auctions, I show that differences in bidding behavior … information, one in which consumers are subsidized and one in which consumers are allowed into all-reseller auctions. Finally, I …

In Buy-It-Now auctions, sellers can post a take-it-or-leave-it price offer prior to an auction. While the literature … of view. Buy-It-Now auctions are complex mechanisms and therefore quite challenging for sellers. The paper discusses the …-It-Now auctions. …

The theoretical literature on collusion in auctions suggests that the first-price mechanism can deter the formation of … likely to affect the bidding behavior in first-price (but not second-price) auctions. We test experimentally a setup in which … collusion in first-price and second-price auctions. Furthermore, failed collusion attempts distort the bidding behavior in the …

If a government auctions the right to market a good, continuity is likely to be of significant importance. In a …

underperforms in terms of efficiency relative to the winner-pay auctions. …

activities. We use an economic experiment to examine whether the market efficiency of conservation auctions increases or … decreases with repetition. Theory predicts that repetition facilitates collusion among sellers in procurement auctions, while … effects, the latter has the upper hand; average bids decrease monotonically over the consecutive auctions. Since repetition …