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Optimal reserve prices for land auctions in Eastern Germany

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  • Marlene Kionka
  • Oliver Mußhoff
  • Matthias Ritter
  • Jan-Philip Rado Uhlemann
  • Martin Odening

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Privatization auctions are seen as culprit for rising prices in eastern Germany. This study aims to analyse whether privatization auctions could have earned even higher revenues by setting optimal reserve prices. For this purpose, a structural estimation approach is applied to determine reserve prices and to compare the resulting expected revenues with actual revenues. The data set includes land auctions in eastern Germany from 2005–2019. The empirical results illustrate that room for increasing revenues exists, but reserve prices would be required to be higher than actual land prices. A potential consequence of high reserve prices is the risk of delays in the privatization process.

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  • Marlene Kionka & Oliver Mußhoff & Matthias Ritter & Jan-Philip Rado Uhlemann & Martin Odening, 2024. "Optimal reserve prices for land auctions in Eastern Germany," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(6), pages 574-578, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:6:p:574-578
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2022.2140752
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