【Theory webinar】How To Sell (or Procure) in a Sequential Auction Market
2021/07/13
研討會日期 : 2021-07-13
時間 : 09:00
主講人 : Professor Thomas Wiseman
地點 : online
演講者簡介 : Professor Wiseman received his Ph.D. in Economic from Northwestern University in 2001. He is currently a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His research field is Microeconomics.
演講摘要 : A seller with one unit of a good faces N ≥ 3 buyers and a single competitor who sells one other identical unit in a second-price auction with a reserve price. Buyers who do not get the seller’s good will compete in the competitor’s subsequent auction. We characterize the optimal mechanism for the seller in this setting. The first-order approach typically fails, so we develop new techniques. The optimal mechanism features transfers from buyers with the two highest valuations, allocation to the buyer with the second-highest valuation, and a withholding rule that depends on the highest two or three valuations. It can be implemented by a modified third-price auction or a pay-your-bid auction with a rebate. This optimal withholding rule raises significantly more revenue than would a standard reserve price. Our analysis also applies to procurement auctions. Our results have implications for sequential competition in mechanisms.
