conference. The essays show the interconnectedness of two important and productive areas of modern economics, auction theory and … analysts of telecommunications and the European auction experience, all but one presented at a November 2001 CESifo conference … spectrum auctions. Combining the empirical data these auctions provide with recent advances in microeconomic theory, they …

impact of cross-channel interference risks on the prices paid at auction for cellular licenses. We test the hypothesis that …” licenses (auction blocks surrounded by other auction blocks). We first build a composite linear regression model to account for … shows an edge discount of about 20%, but this was due to the influence of auction 73, which shows a discount of about 50 …

licences sold were similar. Poor auction designs in some countries facilitated collusion between firms and failed to attract …

licences sold were similar. Poor auction designs in some countries facilitated collusion between firms and failed to attract …