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American Economic Review: Vol. 92 No. 3 (June 2002)

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Efficiency in Auctions with Private and Common Values: An Experimental Study

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Goeree, K., and Theo Offerman. 2002. "Efficiency in Auctions with Private and Common Values: An Experimental Study ." The American Economic Review, 92(3): 625-643.

DOI: 10.1257/00028280260136435

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Auctions are generally not efficient when the object's expected value depends on private and common value information. We report a series of first-price auction experiments to measure the degree of inefficiency that occurs with financially motivated bidders. While some subjects fall prey to the winner's curse, they weigh their private and common value information in roughly the same manner as rational bidders, with observed efficiencies close to predicted levels. Increased competition and reduced uncertainty about the common value positively affect revenues and efficiency. The public release of information about the common value also raises efficiency, although less than predicted. (JEL C72, D44)

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Goeree, K. (Department of Economics, 114 Rouss Hall, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400182, Charlottesville, VA 22904, and University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat)
Offerman, Theo (CREED, University of Amsterdam, Roetersstraat 11, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands)


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