Experimental Economics

  1. Auctions and Mechanism Design
    1. Basic Auction Formats
      1. English Auctions
        1. Ascending Price
          1. Open Outcry
            1. Bidding Strategies
            2. Dutch Auctions
              1. Descending Price
                1. Clock Auctions
                  1. Risk Attitudes
                  2. First-Price Sealed-Bid
                    1. Bid Shading
                      1. Risk Aversion Effects
                        1. Optimal Bidding
                        2. Second-Price Sealed-Bid
                          1. Truthful Bidding
                            1. Vickrey Auctions
                              1. Dominant Strategies
                            2. Auction Theory Applications
                              1. Revenue Equivalence
                                1. Theoretical Predictions
                                  1. Experimental Evidence
                                    1. Violations and Explanations
                                    2. Winner's Curse
                                      1. Common Value Auctions
                                        1. Overbidding Patterns
                                          1. Learning Effects
                                          2. Multi-Unit Auctions
                                            1. Uniform Price
                                              1. Discriminatory Price
                                                1. Demand Reduction
                                              2. Mechanism Design
                                                1. Incentive Compatibility
                                                  1. Truth Telling
                                                    1. Strategy Proofness
                                                      1. Implementation Theory
                                                      2. Efficiency vs Revenue
                                                        1. Pareto Efficiency
                                                          1. Revenue Maximization
                                                            1. Trade-offs
                                                            2. Combinatorial Auctions
                                                              1. Package Bidding
                                                                1. Complementarities
                                                                  1. Complexity Issues

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