Semiparametric estimation of the optimal reserve price in first-price auctions

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-64

  Li, Tong ^a   Perrigne, Isabelle ^b   Vuong, Quang ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliated private value; OCS wildcat auction; Semiparametric extremum estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037237468     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500102288618757     Document Type: Article

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