Behavior in second-price auctions by highly experienced eBay buyers and sellers

Experimental Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-57

  Garratt, Rodney J ^a   Walker, Mark ^b   Wooders, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction; eBay; Experience; Sealed bid; Second price

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856355798     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-011-9287-3     Document Type: Article

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