Level-K Auctions: Can a Nonequilibrium Model of Strategic Thinking Explain the Winner's Curse and Overbidding in Private-Value Auctions?

This paper proposes a structural nonequilibrium model of initial responses to incomplete-information games based on "level-k" thinking, which describes behavior in many experiments with complete-information games. We derive the model's implications in first- and second-price auctions...

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Veröffentlicht in:Econometrica. - Wiley. - 75(2007), 6, Seite 1721-1770
1. Verfasser: Crawford, Vincent P. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2007
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Econometrica
Schlagworte:Common-value auctions Winner's curse Overbidding Bounded rationality Level-k model Nonequilibrium strategic thinking Behavioral game theory Experiments Economics Business mehr... Mathematics Applied sciences