Sniping and squatting in auction markets

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 68-94

  Ely, Jeffrey C ^a   Hossain, Tanjim ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 77249158522     PISSN: 19457669     EISSN: 19457685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/mic.1.2.68     Document Type: Article

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