Do auctioneers pick optimal reserve prices?

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 177-192

  Davis, Andrew M ^a   Katok, Elena ^a   Kwasnica, Anthony M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral operations; Procurement auctions; Reserve prices

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL OPERATIONS; CONTROLLED LABORATORIES; ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY WEIGHTING; PROCUREMENT AUCTION; RESERVE PRICE; RESERVE PRICES; RISK AVERSION; RISK NEUTRALITY; THEORETICAL RESULT; THREE MODELS;

COMMERCE; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

COSTS;

EID: 79551692172     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1258     Document Type: Article

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