In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller is willing to take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the...

In many markets, sellers advertise their good with an asking price. This is a price at which the seller will take his good off the market and trade immediately, though it is understood that a buyer can submit an offer below the asking price and that this offer may be accepted if the seller...

The paper studies an online consumer-to-consumer market with limited supply, where sellers may list their items by posted prices or auctions. I show that when there is competition among sellers, they use only posted prices in the equilibrium. This result contrasts with the findings for a...