Regret and feedback information in first-price sealed-bid auctions

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 808-819

  Engelbrecht Wiggans, Richard ^a,b   Katok, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Penn State University ^*

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auctions; Competitive bidding; Experimental economics; Learning; Regret

Indexed keywords

AUCTIONS; COMPETITIVE BIDDING; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; LEARNING; REGRET;

COSTS; ECONOMICS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 61849132099     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0806     Document Type: Article

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