Institutions, Exchange and Coordination

Efficiency

About this lecture

Auctions are very old way to allocate goods. Their use has increased even more with the development of new technology and internet. In this video David Ettinger explains the main auction formats, what matters in auctions and presents in detail the concept of second-price auctions.

References

Vickrey, W. (1961). Counterspeculation, Auctions, and Competitive Sealed Tenders. The Journal of Finance, 16(1), 8–37.

Part of the IOE ecosystem

Governance and Regulation Chair, Université Paris-Dauphine – PSL Institutional & Organizational Economics Academy Society for Institutional & Organizational Economics