Promoting Entry and Efficiency via Reserve Prices

Reserve prices are used by sellers to modify the allocation induced by standard auctions. The existing literature has shown that, if the number of bidders is fixed, a reserve price can be used to increase expected revenues. This comes at the expense of efficiency when the auctioned good goes unsold....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fabio Michelucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Games
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/13/4/50