• Title of article

    Risk aversion in first price auctions with common values

  • Author/Authors

    Domenico Menicucci، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    43
  • To page
    46
  • Abstract
    In a first price auction with private values, biddersʹ risk aversion increases the sellerʹs revenue. This is not generally true when there are common values, because winning the auction entails receiving an object with uncertain value.
  • Keywords
    Risk aversion , First price auctions , Common values
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435510