A comment on "Can relaxation of beliefs rationalize the winner's curse? An experimental study"

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Date

2015

Abstract

Ivanov, Levin, and Niederle (2010) use a common-value second-price auction experiment to reject beliefs-based explanations for the winner's curse. ILN's conclusion, however, stems from the misuse of theoretical arguments. Beliefs-based models are even compatible with some observations from ILN's experiment.

Citation

Costa-Gomes , M A & Shimoji , M 2015 , ' A comment on "Can relaxation of beliefs rationalize the winner's curse? An experimental study" ' Econometrica , vol 83 , no. 1 , pp. 375-383 . DOI: 10.3982/ECTA11000

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Econometrica

Status

Peer reviewed

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA11000

ISSN

0012-9682

Type

Journal article

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