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Simultaneous Ascending Auctions with Complementarities and Known Budget Constraints

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Sandro Brusco () (Department of Economics, SUNY at Stony Brook)
Giuseppe Lopomo () (The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University)

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We study simultaneous ascending auctions of identical objects when bidders are financially constrained and their valuations exhibit complementarities. We assume the budget constraints are known but the values for individual objects are private information, and characterize noncollusive equilibria. The equilibria exhibit the exposure problem. The bidder with the highest budget is more reluctant to bid, because the bidder with the lowest budget may end up pursuing only one object, thus preventing the realization of complementarities. In some states of the world both objects are assigned to the ‘poorer’ bidder although that bidder has a lower valuation. Classification number-JEL: D44,H.

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Keywords: Multiple—Object Auctions; Budget Constraints; Complementarities.;

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  2. Che, Yeon-Koo & Gale, Ian, 1998. "Standard Auctions with Financially Constrained Bidders," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 65(1), pages 1-21, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Gian Albano & Fabrizio Germano & Stefano Lovo, 2006. "Ascending auctions for multiple objects: the case for the Japanese design," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 331-355, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  8. Fang, Hanming & Parreiras, Sergio O., 2002. "Equilibrium of Affiliated Value Second Price Auctions with Financially Constrained Bidders: The Two-Bidder Case," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 39(2), pages 215-236, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  13. Sander Onderstal & Florian Englmaier & Pablo Guillen & Loreto Llorente & Rupert Sausgruber, 2004. "The Chopstick Auction: A Study of the Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions," Working Papers 2004.10, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. [Downloadable!]
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