Earned wealth, engaged bidders? Evidence from a second-price auction

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2009
Volume: 105
Issue: 1
Pages: 36-38

Authors (4)

Jacquemet, Nicolas (Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-S...) Joule, Robert-Vincent (not in RePEc) Luchini, Stéphane (Aix-Marseille Université) Shogren, Jason F. (University of Wyoming)

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Abstract

This paper considers whether earned wealth affects bidding behavior in an induced-value second-price auction. We find people bid more sincerely in the auction with earned wealth given monetary incentives; earned wealth did not induce sincere bidding in hypothetical auctions.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:105:y:2009:i:1:p:36-38
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25