Bidding to give: an experimental comparison of auctions for charity

Authors
Publication date 2009
Journal International Economic Review
Volume | Issue number 50 | 2
Pages (from-to) 431-457
Number of pages 27
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract We experimentally compare three mechanisms used to raise money for charities: first-price winner-pay auctions, first-price all-pay auctions, and lotteries. We stay close to the characteristics of most charity auctions by using an environment with incomplete information and independent private values. Our results support theoretical predictions by showing that the all-pay format raises substantially higher revenue than the other mechanisms.
Document type Article
Published at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2354.2009.00536.x
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