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Competition May Reduce the Revenue in a First Price Auction with Affiliated Private Values

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  • Menicucci Domenico

    (Università degli Studi di Firenze, domenico.menicucci@dmd.unifi.it)

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There is a widespread belief that in auctions with private values, the seller's revenue is increasing in the number of bidders. We show that there exists an auction setting with symmetric and affiliated private values in which the seller's expected revenue in a first price auction is decreasing in the number of bidders who participate in the auction.

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  • Menicucci Domenico, 2009. "Competition May Reduce the Revenue in a First Price Auction with Affiliated Private Values," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:9:y:2009:i:1:n:38
    DOI: 10.2202/1935-1704.1600
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