Cartel stability in experimental first-price sealed-bid and English auctions
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- Hinloopen, Jeroen & Onderstal, Sander & Treuren, Leonard, 2020. "Cartel stability in experimental first-price sealed-bid and English auctions," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 71(C).
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Keywords
Cartel stability; English auction; First-price sealed-bid auction; Laboratory experiments;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
- L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2019-02-04 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-DES-2019-02-04 (Economic Design)
- NEP-EXP-2019-02-04 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-IND-2019-02-04 (Industrial Organization)
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