How bidder's number affects optimal reserve price in first-price auction under risk aversion

Authors
Publication date 2011
Journal Economics Letters
Volume | Issue number 113 | 1
Pages (from-to) 29-31
Organisations
  • Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) - Amsterdam School of Economics Research Institute (ASE-RI)
Abstract This paper shows that in the classic symmetric and independent private value environments, the seller’s optimal reserve price is a decreasing function of the number of bidders in the first-price auctions when the seller and/or buyers are risk averse.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.05.041
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