Behavior in multi-unit demand auctions: Experiments with uniform price and dynamic Vickrey auctions

Econometrica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 413-454

  Kagel, John H ^a   Levin, Dan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand reduction; Dynamic Vickrey auction; Experiment; Multi unit demand auctions; Uniform price auction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000656084     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00197     Document Type: Article

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