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Optimal Information Disclosures in Auctions: The Handicap Auction

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  • Balazs Szentes

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  • Peter Eso & Balazs Szentes, 2002. "Optimal Information Disclosures in Auctions: The Handicap Auction," Discussion Papers 1361, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science.
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