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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Internet auctions"”.
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An investigation of price dispersion in Internet auctions
… be observed that in consumer-to-consumer on-line auctions, there is a strong degree of price dispersion, even in liquid markets with a large number of bids per auction item. This Thesis research strives to quantify such dispersion and present explanations for the key findings on the nature of …
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Legal Issues in Online Auctions in Germany and the U.S.A.
… operations which are transacted by way of Internet Auction it is unavoidable that some of them end up in front of the court. The number of legal procedures and judicial decisions around Internet Auctions is consequentially increasing, because there is more and more business transacted by …
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Bidding, playing, or competing? : rational and irrational determinants in Internet auctioning
Auctions, especially Internet auctions, are claimed to be efficient pricing mechanisms, assuming rational behavior and recognition of individual fundamental values. This assumption and its implication are at the heart of the thesis work. The research includes both survey studies which utilize one …
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Two topics in online auctions
… two operations management topics in online auctions, and is divided into two parts. Motivated by the increasing use of ShopBots to scan Internet auctions, the first part of the thesis analytically examines whether or not two competing auctioneers selling the same commodity should share, or …
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Essays on Empirical Analysis of Continuous-Time Models of Industrial Organization
… and estimates the model of bidding on eBay. Internet auctions (such as eBay) differ from the traditional auction format in that participants 1) typically face a choice over several simultaneous auctions and 2) often have limited information about rival bidders. Since existing economic models …
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Essays on new Internet market places
… in new marketplaces that have formed on the Internet. It is divided into three chapters, each focusing upon a different aspect of market behaviour. I begin in chapter 2 by building a simultaneous, unit demand, heterogeneous good, ascending auction model, which I use to study the behaviour of …