Uniqueness of equilibrium in sealed high-bid auctions

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 395-409

  Maskin, Eric ^a,b   Riley, John ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Equilibrium existence; High bid auctions; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242403070     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(03)00150-7     Document Type: Article

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