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Preferences Over Valuation Distributions in Auctions

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  • Hennessy, David A.

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Sellers auctioning items use advertisements and location to generate interest. They seek a rightward shift in the ex-ante distribution of bidder valuations. We characterize distribution pairs such that all more-is-better expected utility maximizing sellers in preference-revealing auctions prefer the same distribution.

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  • Hennessy, David A., 2000. "Preferences Over Valuation Distributions in Auctions," Staff General Research Papers Archive 1702, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
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