discussion about the obtained results at the end. The first part provides a literature review on auctions and analyzes bidders …' behavior in Austrian cattle auctions. The aim is to investigate whether there are differences among bidders and whether bidders …

While there is an ever increasing adoption of e-sourcing, where a buyer auctions off procurement contracts to a small …, focusing on recurring auctions, we find that suppliers bid adaptively. The adaptive bidding is affected by the rank of … auctions, while non-incumbent winner's quality is lower. These findings imply that the main value of online procurement …

(Roscas) in an agricultural south-Indian village are used for an analysis of Rosca auctions. We develop a simple SIPV Rosca …-auction model. We show that, in contrast to standard SIPV English auctions, bidders overbid relative to their maximum willingness to …

Auctions are an ancient economic institution. Since Vickrey (1961), the development of auction theory has lead to an … explaining their enduring popularity. Given the pervasiveness of auctions, the question of how a seller should engineer the rules …

This dissertation examines two problems that may arise in matching problems.The first two chapters deal with auctions … inlabor markets.Auctions can lead to efficient allocations in a wide class of assignment problems.In the presence of …