Auctions for government securities: A laboratory comparison of uniform, discriminatory and Spanish designs

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 284-303

  Abbink, Klaus ^a   Brandts, Jordi ^b   Pezanis Christou, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Common values; Discriminatory auctions; Experimental economics; Multi unit demand; Spanish auctions; Treasury; Uniform auctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748974271     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2004.12.007     Document Type: Article

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