Economics, psychology, and social dynamics of consumer bidding in auctions

Marketing Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 401-413

  Cheema, Amar ^a   Leszczyc, Peter T L Popkowski ^b   Bagchi, Rajesh ^c   Bagozzi, Richard P ^d   Cox, James C ^e   Dholakia, Utpal M ^f   Greenleaf, Eric A ^g   Pazgal, Amit ^h   Rothkopf, Michael H ⁱ   Shen, Michael ^b   Sunder, Shyam ^j   Zeithammer, Robert ^k  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Auctions; bidding; Economic psychology; Experimental economics; Social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044436048     PISSN: 09230645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11002-005-5901-5     Document Type: Article

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