Testing whether field auction experiments are demand revealing in practice

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-301

  Corrigan, Jay R ^a   Rousu, Matthew C ^b  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand revealing; Experimental auctions; Field experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249110907     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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