auction. We analyse experimentally how eBay sellers set BIN prices and whether they benefit from offering them. Using the real … eBay environment in the laboratory, we find that the eBay auction format supports deviations from truthful bidding leading … to auction prices substantially below those expected in second-price auctions. Our results reveal that the observed price …

overbid more than higher value bidders, and they overbid more frequently in the second price auction than in the ascending … price auction. Overall, the lower value bidder submits bids that exceed value about half the time. These patterns are not …

In a lab experiment, we analyze the benefits of increasing competition on auction platforms hosting multiple …

novel call auction model with insider information. Our model predicts that more insider information improves informational … of insider information the call auction performs worse than continuous double auction. Testing these hypotheses in the … lab we find that insider information increases informational efficiency of call auction prices but does not decrease the …

does not effect their price decisions. Compared to an eBay auction without a BIN-price, the BIN-auction is more efficient …