We compare two commonly used mechanisms in procurement: auctions and negotiations. The execution of the procurement …

Radio spectrum represents a scarce resource assigned to operators by national regulatory authorities through auctions … television transmission opened the space for reallocating parts of the spectrum, to increase its efficiency. The paper aims at …-cost evaluation and at comparing the results with the outcomes of the recent LTE spectrum auctions. Research results could be used by …

values in single-unit English and Dutch clock auctions. Bidders' reference points are endogenous and determined by their …

In eBay s Buy-it-Now auctions sellers can post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to an auction. We study … prices below those expected in second price auctions. Our proposed extension of the model results not only in a better fit of …

In 2000 and 2001, several European countries carried out auctions for third generation technologies or universal mobile … telephone services (UMTS) communication licenses. These "spectrum auctions" inaugurated yet another era in an industry that has … their spectacular but often puzzling outcomes, these spectrum auctions attracted enormous attention and invited new research …