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The spite motive in third price auctions

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A spiteful agent losing an auction experiences negative emotions towards the winner. In line with previous experimental findings I show that the symmetric equilibrium bid of a spiteful agent in third price auctions is higher than the risk neural Nash equilibrium bid. Furthermore, it can be shown that spiteful agents bid the same way agents would who anticipate to regret their decision in equilibrium.

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  • Mill, Wladislaw, 2017. "The spite motive in third price auctions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 161(C), pages 71-73.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:161:y:2017:i:c:p:71-73
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.09.028
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    Auction; Overbidding; Spite; Anticipated regret;
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    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty

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