trade at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller offers a price prior to the auction … selection effect of their own price offer in the BIN format coud benefit from giving up bargaining power by using the "Sell …

at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now" format, it is the buyer. Both formats are extensively used in online and … auction. …

In Buy-It-Now auctions, sellers can post a take-it-or-leave-it price offer prior to an auction. While the literature …

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 …

to auction prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Our results reveal that the observed price … deviations are not an artefact due to the existence of the BIN price, rather a consequence of the specific features of the eBay-auction … format - a mixture between sealed-bid and open second-price auction with a fixed end-time. Moreover, we find that information …

does not effect their price decisions. Compared to an eBay auction without a BIN-price, the BIN-auction is more efficient … format leads to prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Moreover, our results reveal that the … information available on eBay about buyer experience and bidding behavior correlates with the observed price deviation. Sellers …

opportunity to accept a posted price offer from the seller before the start of the auction. Bringing the field into the lab, we …

trade. Those auctions come in a variety of different formats, such as the Buy-It-Now auction format on eBay, that allows … sellers to post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to the auction. Even though, buyer behavior is well studied … auction market (the eBay platform and eBay traders) with the techniques of lab experiments. We find a striking link between …

This paper provides research into the effects of product class and seller reputation on price-setting in online … auctions. Sellers may offer price information to potential bidders through buy-now prices (BNPs) and starting prices (SPs). In … two experiments, the authors show that for products with values that are difficult to assess, such price information …