Multi-unit demand auctions with synergies: Behavior in sealed-bid versus ascending-bid uniform-price auctions

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-207

  Kagel, John H ^a   Levin, Dan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; Experiment; Exposure problem; Synergies

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044465123     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.07.004     Document Type: Article

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