Improving the efficiency of course bidding at business schools: Field and laboratory studies

Marketing Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 262-282

  Krishna, Aradhna ^a   Utku Unver M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; Bidding; Consumer behavior; Experimental economics; Field experiment; Indivisible goods; Market design; Matching; Mechanism design

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849099316     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1070.0297     Document Type: Article

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