For companies, it is essential to obtain information about customers' preferences to successfully market their products and services. Experimental auctions are a promising method for acquiring such information considering that they are incentive compatible and non-hypothetical. Their...

In a laboratory experiment, we compare two auction mechanisms that determine the sequence of service to queued customers. In the server-initiated auction, the server, when idle, sells the right to be served next to the highest bidding customer in the queue and distributes the proceeds among the...

In a laboratory experiment, we compare two auction mechanisms that determine the sequence of service to queued customers. In the server-initiated auction, the server, when idle, sells the right to be served next to the highest bidding customer in the queue and distributes the proceeds among the...

For companies, it is essential to obtain information about customers' preferences to successfully market their products and services. Experimental auctions are a promising method for acquiring such information considering that they are incentive compatible and non-hypothetical. Their...

In a laboratory experiment, we compare two auction mechanisms that determine the sequence of service to queued customers. In the server-initiated auction, the server, when idle, sells the right to be served next to the highest bidding customer in the queue and distributes the proceeds among the...