Secret Reserve Prices in a Bidding Model with a Resale Option

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 663-684

  Horstmann, Ignatius J ^a,b   Lacasse, Chantale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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