Auction fever is a multifaceted phenomenon that is frequently observed in both traditional
and Internet auctions. In order to gain a better understanding of its causes, we develop a …

Almost all economic activities in modern societies are scattered through space and time.
Transport processes, as a consequence, pervade everyday life and they have deep impact …

Auctions are often used to sell idiosyncratic goods difficult for potential bidders to value ex
ante. Laboratory auctions with uncertainty over final values in this experiment resulted in …

We experimentally investigate competition for innovations in a patent race scenario. Pairs of
subjects compete as seller firms on a duopoly market, investing in risky search. Successful …

? Die kontrollierte Auktion findet als Erwerbsweg in privaten Transaktionen auch in
Deutschland zunehmende Verbreitung. Während die käuferseitige …

Auf Basis der Auktionstheorie und einer Befragung von 100 börsennotierten Unternehmen
untersucht Tilman Eichstädt den Einsatz von Einkaufsauktionen im …

Confederate bids (ie bids placed by sellers confederates) are sometimes assumed to
enhance sellers revenues, if not detected by bidders. As compared to public reserve prices …

Auctions are nowadays a popular and frequently employed market mechanism in electronic
markets. In economic literature, the success of electronic auctions has been largely …

Though auctions show a prevailing dominance in electronic markets, our understanding of
how auctions affect human behaviour is still rather limited. In this paper we analyse the …

Though auctions show a prevailing dominance in electronic markets, our understanding of
how auctions affect human behavior, is still rather limited. Even slight variations in the …