"Upping the ante": How to design efficient auctions with entry?

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-214

  Lamy, Laurent ^a  

^a PARIS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

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EID: 84879338592     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: 17562171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12017     Document Type: Article

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