Irrationality in English auctions
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Rationality, Irrationality and Escalating Behavior in Lowest Unique Bid Auctions
Information technology has revolutionized the traditional structure of markets. The removal of geographical and time constraints has fostered the growth of online auction markets, which now include millions of economic agents worldwide and annual transaction volumes in the billions of dollars. Here, we analyze bid histories of a little studied type of online auctions--lowest unique bid auctions...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0167-2681
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2006.10.002