Bidding behavior at sequential first-price auctions with(out) supply uncertainty: A laboratory analysis

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-72

  Neugebauer, Tibor ^a   Pezanis Christou, Paul ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Experiments; Independent private values; Price trends; Sequential first price auctions; Supply uncertainty; Unit demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847095459     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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