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Practically Implementable Auction for a Good with Countervailing Positive Externalities

Bhirombhakdi, Kornpob; Potipiti, Tanapong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This study theoretically presents a new auction design called "take-or-give auction." The auction solves the free-rider problem in the case of two symmetric and risk-neutral bidders competing for a good with countervailing positive externalities. The auction makes efficient allocation. Moreover,...

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Unifying Identity-Specific and Financial Externalities in Auction Design

Lu, Jingfeng - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Coexistence of identity-specific and financial externalities among bidders is a salient feature of auctions with buyers who are cross shareholders or competing firms in an oligopoly. This paper unifies these two types of externalities in revenue-maximizing auction design. Our main findings are...

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A note on reserve price commitments in the Vickrey auction

Glowicka, Ela; Beck, Jonathan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This note provides a simple explanation why sellers rarely set optimal reserve prices in one-shot auctions. In a standard sealed-bid second-price auction, bidders with private values do not bid truthfully if the seller cannot commit to her announced reserve price. Consequently, expected revenue...

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On the reserve price in all-pay auctions with complete information and lobbying games

Bertoletti, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

We show that the seller’s optimal reserve price in an all-pay auction with complete information is higher than in a standard auction. We use our results to re-consider some findings of the literature that models lobbying games as all-pay auctions. In particular, we show that the so-called...

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Large reservoirs: are they the last Oasis for the survival of cities in India?

Mukherjee, Sacchidananda; Shah, Zankhana; Kumar, M. Dinesh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Urban water demand is rapidly growing in India due to high growth in urban population and rapid industrialization …. Meeting this growing demand is a big challenge for the urban planners in India. Incidentally, urban areas in arid and semi … arid regions of India are experiencing rapid growth. As a result, the supplies from local water resources including …

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Retail Sector and Economic Development

Ngotran, Duong; Ngo, Tien - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We build a model for emerging economies where households could search goods through two retail platforms: the legal organized (supermarket) and the informal unorganized (mom-and-pop store). We highlight the role of the retail sector as a special two-sided platform in goods market. A positive...

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The Time-Varying Risk and Return Trade Off in Indian Stock Markets

Mohanty, Roshni; P, Srinivasan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper investigates the relationship between stock market returns and volatility in the Indian stock markets using AR(1)-EGARCH(p, q)-in-Mean model. The study considers daily closing prices of two major indexes of Indian stock exchanges, viz., S&P CNX NIFTY and the BSE-SENSEX of National...

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Branding in food retail of high value crops in Asia: Case of Makhana from Bihar (India)

Minten, Bart; Singh, K.M.; Sutradhar, Rajib - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

domestic food markets. In a detailed case study of makhana in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, we see the fast …

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Conundrums in public distribution system in India: an assessment by states and social groups

Goli, Srinivas - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

provides number of critical insights on conundrums in public distribution system in India by maximum Indian states and social …

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Open Offers and Shareholders Earnings – Evidence from India

Nangia, Vinay Kumar; Agrawal, Rajat; Reddy, K. Srinivasa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

the emerging markets era, say India. …

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