Price formation in a sequential selling mechanism

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 832-843

  Ivanova Stenzel, Radosveta ^a   Kröger, Sabine ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auction; Bargaining; Experiment; Risk preferences; Sequential mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049103113     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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