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Auctions: Theory and Possible Applications to Economies in Transition

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  • Rajnish Mehra
  • Mr. Robert A Feldman

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A major effort is taking place in many parts of the world to establish market-oriented institutions, a development that is particularly evident in the context of the transforming economies in Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Against this background, this paper assesses various auction techniques to price and allocate government securities, refinance credit, foreign exchange, and state assets in the context of privatization programs. Before making our recommendations on the appropriate format for auctioning these items, the paper explains basic auction formats and assesses the advantages and disadvantages of these formats drawing on the existing, and mostly theoretical, literature.

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  • Rajnish Mehra & Mr. Robert A Feldman, 1993. "Auctions: Theory and Possible Applications to Economies in Transition," IMF Working Papers 1993/012, International Monetary Fund.
  • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1993/012
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    1. Koji Kubo, 2017. "Impacts of Foreign Exchange Auctions on the Informal Market Rate in Myanmar," Global Economic Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(2), pages 189-202, April.
    2. Gács, János & Peck, Merton & Illarionov, Andrei & Havlik, Peter & Kuboniva, Masaaki & Panitch, Vladimir & Sutela, Pekka & Lányi, Kamilla & Bulantsev, Vsevolod & Goldberg, Linda & Tenorio, Rafael & De , 1995. "International Trade Issues of the Russian Federation," MPRA Paper 60426, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Angelo Ranaldo & Dr. Enzo Rossi, 2016. "Uniform-price auctions for Swiss government bonds: Origin and evolution," Economic Studies 2016-10, Swiss National Bank.
    4. Linda Goldberg & Rafael Tenorio, 1995. "Strategic Trading in a Two-Sided Foreign Exchange Auction," NBER Working Papers 5187, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Goldberg, Linda & Tenorio, Rafael, 1997. "Strategic trading in a two-sided foreign exchange auction1," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(3-4), pages 299-326, May.

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