Auction form preferences of risk-averse bid takers

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 179-192

  Waehrer, Keith ^a   Harstad, Ronald M ^a   Rothkopf, Michael H ^a  

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EID: 0032386419     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2555821     Document Type: Article

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