Auctions with almost common values: The 'Wallet Game' and its applications

European Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3-5, 1998, Pages 757-769

  Klemperer, Paul ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airwaves auction; Auction theory; Common values; Corporate acquisitions; Mergers; PCS auction; Spectrum auction; Takeovers; Winner's curse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001416324     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(97)00123-2     Document Type: Article

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