Introduction -- The tac travel-shopping game -- Bidding in interdependent markets -- Price prediction -- Bidding with price predictions -- Machine learning and adaptivity -- Market-specific bidding strategies -- Experimental methods and strategic analysis -- Conclusion

An unprecedented “boom and bust” investment cycle occurred in the high-tech industries at the turn of the century, in particular in the telecommunications sector. Regulatory reforms and technological innovation fuelled expectations of robust growth in traffic, revenue and earnings....

An oil lease auction is the classic example motivating a common values model. However, formal testing for common values has been hindered by unobserved auction-level heterogeneity, which is likely to affect both participation in an auction and bidders' willingness to pay. We develop and apply an...

An oil lease auction is the classic example motivating a common values model. However, formal testing for common values has been hindered by unobserved auction-level heterogeneity, which is likely to affect both participation in an auction and bidders' willingness to pay. We develop and apply an...

Chapter Prelude: a walk down Wall Street -- chapter 1 The need to gather: rescuing bazaars from Goddess TINA -- chapter 2 Self-interest and market failure: in search of a post-autistic economics -- chapter 3 Can money work differently? Community-created currencies -- chapter 4 Competing...