On-line auctions with buy-it-now pricing: A practical design model and experimental evaluation

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 39-68

  Vragov, Roumen ^a   Shang, Richard ^a   Lang, Karl ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction design; auction performance; buyout price; dynamic auctions; dynamic pricing; experimental economics; on line auctions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954556208     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415140402     Document Type: Article

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