Experimental auction procedure: Impact on valuation of quality differentiated goods

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 389-405

  Lusk, Jayson L ^a   Feldkamp, Ty ^b   Schroeder, Ted C ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDM; Endowment effect; English auction; Random nth price auction; Vickrey second price auction

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRICE DYNAMICS;

EID: 2142817207     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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