Revenue comparisons for auctions when bidders have arbitrary types

This paper develops a methodology for characterizing expected revenue from auctions when bidders' types come from an arbitrary distribution. In particular, types may be multidimensional, and there may be mass points in the distribution. One application extends existing revenue equivalence resu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yeon-Koo Che, Ian Gale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Econometric Society 2006-03-01
Series:Theoretical Economics
Subjects:
C70
D44
Online Access:http://econtheory.org/ojs/index.php/te/article/view/20060095/449/13

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