Negative Values in Vickrey Auctions

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David L. Dickinson Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/

Abstract: Some people assign negative values for new products sold on laboratory auction blocks (i.e., irradiated meat). We explore bidding behavior in two Vickrey auctions when people have positive and negative induced values for the good. Aggregate bidding in the second-price auction is precise but biased—highest-value positive bidders tend to overstate benefits, whereas lowest-negative bidders understate losses. In contrast, bidding behavior in the random nth-price auction is demand revealing irrespective of induced value, but it is imprecise. Examining on- and off-margin bidding behavior, we cannot conclude that any segments of demand are significantly different than the demand revealing regression line.

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Publication
Parkhurst, Gregory M., Jason F. Shogren, and David L. Dickinson (2004), Negative Values in Vickrey Auctions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 86(1): pp. 222-35. (Feb 2004) Published by Wiley-Blackwell (ISSN: 1467-8276) DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00574.x The definitive version is available at www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com.
Language: English
Date: 2004

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