Auctions with a random number of identical bidders

Moshe Haviv; Igal Milchtaich

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.016

Auctions with a random number of identical bidders

Moshe Haviv, Igal Milchtaich

Department of Economics

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

We examine and compare the (normally, mixed) symmetric equilibrium bidding strategies in first-price and all-pay common value multiple item auctions with a random number of bidders, who only seek one of the identical items and have the same budget.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	143-146
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	114
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.09.016
State	Published - Feb 2012

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The research of the first author was supported by the Israeli Science Foundation , Grant no. 401/08 .

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The research of the first author was supported by the Israeli Science Foundation , Grant no. 401/08 .

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Israeli Science Foundation	401/08

Keywords

Auctions
Identical bidders
Random-player games
Stochastic number of bidders
Symmetric equilibrium

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