Auctioning divisible goods

Economic Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 673-705

  Wang, James J D ^a   Zender, Jaime F ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divisible good auctions; Equilibrium bidding; Treasury auctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036014368     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001990100191     Document Type: Article

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