Testing Whether Field Auction Experiments Are Demand Revealing in Practice

Recent evidence suggests that participants' misunderstanding of experimental auction mechanism can systematically bias auction results. We present a simple technique for testing whether field auction mechanism and, by extension, whether auction bids provide an unbiased estimate of participants&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jay R. Corrigan, Matthew C. Rousu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2008-08-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/42464