This study re-examines the variation in selling prices between the auction and private treaty method of sales. Using sales data from five major Australian capital cities over a four year period, we estimate a hedonic pricing model. Results indicate that for house sales, auctions lead to greater...

This paper extends previous research which has examined the market impact of large transactions in bull and bear markets by examining the information eff ects of trades. Previous research has demonstrated that the information effects of buy trades are greater than the information eff ects of...