The impact of discrete bidding and bidder aggressiveness on sellers' strategies in open english auctions: Reserves and covert shilling

Marketing Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 244-265

  Sinha, Atanu R ^a   Greenleaf, Eric A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Bidder behavior; Discrete bidding; Internet auctions; Pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340320     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.19.3.244.11798     Document Type: Article

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