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Econometrica Vol. 52 No. 6 1984

Optimal Auctions with Risk Averse Buyers

Eric Maskin; John G. Riley

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Abstract

[We characterize a seller's optimal scheme for the sale of an indivisible good to one of n risk averse buyers. We also compare certain commonly used schemes, such as the high bid and second bid auctions, under the hypothesis of risk aversion.]

DOI
10.2307/1913516
Volume
52
Issue
6
Pages
1473
Sources
bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex

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