Phantom bidding against heterogeneous bidders

Daniel A. Graham; Robert C. Marshall; Jean Francois Richard

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(90)90043-Z

Phantom bidding against heterogeneous bidders

Daniel A. Graham
, Robert C. Marshall
, Jean Francois Richard

Economics

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Abstract

If IPV bidders are distributionally heterogeneous then a revenue maximizing English auctioneer will, in general, find it optimal to use a non-constant reserve price that is a function of the observed bid sequence. An example is provided.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	13-17
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(90)90043-Z
State	Published - Jan 1990

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Economics and Econometrics

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