作者:Haile, PA; Tamer, E
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; National Bureau of Economic Research; Princeton University
摘要:While English auctions are the most common in practice, their rules typically lack sufficient structure to yield a tractable theoretical model without significant abstractions. Rather than relying on one stylized model to provide an exact interpretation of the data, we explore an incomplete model based on two simple assumptions: bidders neither bid more than their valuations nor let an opponent win at a price they would be willing to beat. Focusing on the symmetric independent private values p...