Identification of standard auction models

Econometrica

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2107-2140

  Athey, Susan ^a   Haile, Philip A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric bidders; Auctions; Common values; Nonparametric identification and testing; Order statistics; Private values; Unobserved bids

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

AUCTION MODELS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0036435474     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0262.00371     Document Type: Article

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