Design of online auctions: Proxy versus non-proxy settings

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 384-394

  Cai, Gangshu ^a   Chen, Ying Ju ^b   Gong, Xiting ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

e Commerce; Proxy bidding; Sequential auctions; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

AUCTION MECHANISMS; BIDDING BEHAVIOR; BIDDING POLICIES; BIDDING PROCESS; DOMINANT STRATEGY; EXPECTED REVENUE; ONLINE AUCTIONS; PROXY AGENTS; PROXY BIDDING; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RESERVE PRICE; SEQUENTIAL AUCTIONS;

TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 82255179358     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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