Auction Format Matters : Evidenceon Bidding Behavior and Seller Revenue /

This paper evaluates the importance of auction format on bidding behavior and seller revenue, focusing on differences in performance under uniform-price and discriminatory-price formats. The analysis is based on a standard benchmark model from which empirically-testable hypotheses are derived on the...

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Main Author: Feldman, Robert
Other Authors: Reinhart, Vincent
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/047
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