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If bidders are uncertain whether the auctioneer sticks to the announced reserve, some bidders respond by not bidding, speculating that the auctioneer may revoke the reserve. However, the reserve inadvertently signals the auctioneer's type, which drives a unique separating and a multitude of...
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Auctions with endogenous rationing have been introduced to stimulate competition. Such (procurement) auctions reduce the volume put out to tender when competition is low. This paper finds a strong negative effect of endogenous rationing on participation when bid-preparation is costly,...
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This textbook provides a short introduction to auction theory through exercises with detailed answer keys. Focusing on … practical examples, this textbook offers over 80 exercises that predict bidders’ equilibrium behaviour in different auction … formats, along with the seller’s strategic incentives to organize one auction format over the other. The book emphasizes game …
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This textbook provides a short introduction to auction theory through exercises with detailed answer keys. Focusing on … practical examples, this textbook offers over 80 exercises that predict bidders’ equilibrium behaviour in different auction … formats, along with the seller’s strategic incentives to organize one auction format over the other. The book emphasizes game …
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An auction is externality-robust if unilateral deviations from equilibrium leave the other bidders' payoffs unaffected … externalities due to spiteful preferences, which have been used to explain overbidding in the second-price auction (SPA). Another … example are cross-shareholdings between companies that compete in an auction. We derive an auction that coincides with the SPA …
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