Browsing by Subject "auction"

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    • Affiliation and Entry in First-Price Auctions 
      Zhang, Bingyu (2009-05-18)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation studies affiliation and entry in first-price auctions, accomplishing three goals. First, it develops a simple approach to test for affiliation among bidders' private information and applies the approach ...
    • Seller Pricing Behavior in Auction and Posted-Price Markets 
      Hammond, Robert G. (2008-12-08)
      Department: Economics
      Why do some sellers auction their goods, while other sellers post a fixed price? My dissertation investigates this question using theoretical, empirical, and experimental methodologies. The first chapter takes the competitive ...