Repeated rounds with price feedback in experimental auction valuation: An adversarial collaboration

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-115

  Corrigan, Jay R ^a   Drichoutis, Andreas C ^b   Lusk, Jayson L ^c   Nayga, Rodolfo M ^d   Rousu, Matthew C ^e  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^e SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bid affiliation; induced value experiment; lotteries; posted prices; preference reversals

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PRICE DYNAMICS; VALUATION;

EID: 84855590008     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar066     Document Type: Article

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