Auction choice for ambiguity-averse sellers facing strategic uncertainty

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 155-179

  Turocy, Theodore L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity aversion; Auctions; Robustness; Strategic uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849027522     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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