Coasian equilibria in sequential auctions

B-Tier
Journal: European Economic Review
Year: 2025
Volume: 173
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

0.670 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study stationary equilibria in a sequential auction setting. A seller runs a sequence of standard first-price or second-price auctions to sell an indivisible object to potential buyers. The seller can commit to the rule of the auction and the reserve price of the current period but not to reserve prices of future periods. We prove the existence of stationary equilibria and establish a uniform Coase conjecture—as the period length goes to zero, the seller’s profit from running sequential auctions converges to the profit of running an efficient auction uniformly across all points in time and all symmetric stationary equilibria.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:eecrev:v:173:y:2025:i:c:s0014292125000108
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26