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Declining valuations in sequential auctions

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>12/2004
<mark>Journal</mark>International Journal of Game Theory
Issue number1
Volume33
Number of pages18
Pages (from-to)89-106
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We analyze an independent private values model where a number of objects are sold in sequential first- and second-price auctions. Bidders have unit demand and their valuation for an object is decreasing in the rank number of the auction in which it is sold. We derive efficient equilibria if prices are announced after each auction or if no information is given to bidders. We show that the sequence of prices constitutes a supermartingale. Even if we correct for the decrease in valuations for objects sold in later auctions we find that average prices are declining.