point due to updated information about others' values (i.e., the own winning probability) during the course of the auction …, and make optimal binary decisions at each price (approve or quit in the English auction and wait or bid in the Dutch … auction). First, we solve for personal equilibrium profiles, i.e., profiles of bids that contain for each bidder a bidding …

In eBay s Buy-it-Now auctions sellers can post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to an auction. We study … predictions of a model by combining the real auction environment (eBay auction platform and eBay traders) with the techniques of … lab experiments. We observe that the eBay auction format supports deviations from truthful bidding leading to auction …

first movers bids. There is a unique equilibrium in the first-price auction and multiple equilibria in the second …-price auction. Consequently, comparative statics across price rules are equivocal. We experimentally find that in the first …-price auction, leaks benefit second movers but harm first movers and sellers. Low to medium probabilities of leak eliminate the …

The third generation UMTS auction in Germany raised an enormous amount of revenue, and at the same time achieved a more … competitive market structure than other UMTS auctions in Europe. The present paper explains the design of that auction, and … presents a game theoretic explanation of observed events during the crucial phase of that auction, which have puzzled several …

large number of applications, especially in auction theory, affiliation has limitations that are important to be aware of …

Inspired by some spectrum auctions, we consider a stylized license auction with incumbents and one entrant. Whereas the … proactively encourages entry and restricts incumbent bidders. In this framework, an English clock auction gives rise to an … auction, an English clock auction with exit option that allows the entrant to annul his bid, and an English clock auction with …

reverse auction. Shares are allocated endogenously, depending on the suppliers ́bids. The procedure obtains dual sourcing by … than a standard auction for sole sourcing. We also show that providers reveal their costs truthfully and that the …

examine the effect of increased competition on auction performance: We find that increased competition reduced bidder surplus … aggressive bidding. Counterfactuals establish that as competition increases, concerns regarding auction format play a smaller …

auction formats on suppliers' strategies in the presence of transmission constraints and transmission costs is still very … constraints and transmission costs. When the transmission capacity is binding, the discriminatory price auction could outperform … the uniform price auction, minimizing the equilibrium price and the transmission costs. Moreover, when the transmission …