Search for dissertations about: "first-price"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word first-price.

  2. 1. Bidding in Combinatorial Auctions

    Author : Jim Wilenius; Arne Andersson; Peter Bro Miltersen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; combinatorial auction; multiple-object; first-price; sealed-bid; game theory; multiple items; simultaneous auction; integer programming; equilibrium; strategy; reveue; Information technology; Informationsteknik; Datavetenskap; Computer Science;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the interdisciplinary field of combinatorial auctions, combining the fields of computer science, optimization and economics. A combinatorial auction is an auction where many items are sold simultaneously and where bidders may submit indivisible combinatorial bids on groups of items. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Sequence of Essays on Sequences of Auctions

    Author : Daniel Bougt; Ola Andersson; Per Hjertstrand; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; declining price anomaly; sequential auctions; train-ticket auctions; ambiguity aversion; risk aversion; non-parametric estimation; experiment; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I (with Gagan Ghosh and Heng Liu). The existence of declining prices in sequential auctions is a well-documented empirical pattern. Three explanations that can explain the puzzle are bidders being risk averse, loss averse, or ambiguity averse. READ MORE

  5. 3. Bids and values

    Author : Anders Lunander; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of three self-contained essays on auctions and one essay on the voluntarycontribution to public goods.Essay I analyzes bidding data from real-estate auctions within the theoretical framework of the independent private-values model. READ MORE

  6. 4. Studies in empirical microeconomics

    Author : Matias Eklöf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay I (with H. Sacklén) seeks to uncover the driving forces behind the seemingly irreconcilable results reported by two very influential labor supply studies, Hausman (1981) and MaCurdy, Green & Paarsch (1990). READ MORE

  7. 5. Political Economics of Special Interests and Gender

    Author : Audinga Baltrunaite; David Strömberg; Torsten Persson; Jordi Blanes i Vidal; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political finance; public procurement; contributing firms; rent-seeking; gender quotas; municipal elections; difference-in-differences; regression discontinuity design; average years of education; age; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Political Finance Reform and Public Procurement:  Evidence from Lithuania. Can political donations buy influence? This paper studies whether firms trade political contributions for public procurement contracts. To answer this question, I focus on the Lithuanian political economy. READ MORE