Spectrum auctions are used by governments to assign and price licenses for wireless communications. Effective auction design recognizes the importance of competition, not only in the auction, but in the downstream market for wireless communications. This paper examines several instruments...

Symmetric Nash equilibrium is a well-known refinement of Nash equilibrium in the study of bidding behavior of online advertisers on the sponsored search advertising marketplace. This solution concept, however, has major limitations. It allows for over-bidding and has uncompelling upper bounds....

This paper uses data from a natural experiment to compare two institutions: a simple English auction and bilateral bargaining. It appears that bilateral bargaining may be more profitable for the seller. Results also suggest no correlation between bargaining skills and an ability to make profit...

The generalized second-price (GSP) mechanism is the most widely-used auction format in sponsored search markets. However, figuring out how to bid on GSP auctions presents major theoretical and computational challenges due to the complex nature of the auction format and the infinite number of...

Bankruptcy auctions have become a preferred practice in bankruptcy, frequently used to maximize the value of the distressed assets for the claimants’ benefit. Still, what is the optimal design of a bankruptcy auction? Does the method used to execute a bankruptcy auction matter at all? Does one...

We report results from a simultaneous bilateral bargaining experiment with attention to the effects of a settlement bonus on strategic decision-making behavior. In instances with a sufficiently large settlement bonus, truthful revelation emerges as the dominant strategy. However previous work...

This paper studies the $\alpha-$double auction in Xu et al. (2014) and extends their results to the case where $\alpha$ is time-varying in a manner governed by a time non-homogeneous Markov chain specified in Ram et al. (2009) over a set of states defined by $R\equiv\{\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \cdots,...

In light of recent developments in auction theory, this Article re-examines Delaware corporate law governing directors' actions when structuring the sale of a corporation. A foundational doctrine of Delaware law is that when the board of directors resolves to sell a corporation, it must obtain...