Experimental comparisons of auctions under single- and multi-unit demand

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-97

  Alsemgeest, Paul ^a   Noussair, Charles ^b   Olson, Mark ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032236737     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1998.tb01697.x     Document Type: Article

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