Temporary and permanent buyout prices in online auctions

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 814-833

  Gallien, Jérémie ^a   Gupta, Shobhit ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyout option; Buyout prices; Dynamic pricing; Nash equilibrium; Online auctions; Selling mechanisms; Time sensitive markets

Indexed keywords

BUYOUT OPTIONS; BUYOUT PRICES; DYNAMIC PRICING; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; ONLINE AUCTIONS; SELLING MECHANISMS; TIME-SENSITIVE MARKETS;

COSTS; EARNINGS; NUMERICAL METHODS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SALES;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 38549118443     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1060.0650     Document Type: Article

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