The effectiveness of English auctions. (Q1399514)
From MaRDI portal
scientific article
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | The effectiveness of English auctions. |
scientific article |
Statements
The effectiveness of English auctions. (English)
0 references
30 July 2003
0 references
The performance of English auctions is studied under different assumptions concerning the seller's degree of ``Bayesian sophistication''. The effectiveness of an auction is defined as the ratio between the expected revenue it generates for the seller and the expected valuation of the object to the bidder with the highest valuation. Tight lower bounds on the effectiveness of the English auction are identified for general private-values environments and for private-values environments where the bidders' valuations are non-negatively correlated.
0 references
worst case
0 references
second-price auction
0 references
private values
0 references
0 references
