Entry by Successful Speculators in Auctions with Resale

Autor: Marco Pagnozzi, Krista Jabs Saral
Přispěvatelé: Pagnozzi, Marco, Jabs Saral, Krista, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Webster University Geneva (Webster), Groupe d'analyse et de théorie économique (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-École normale supérieure - Lyon (ENS Lyon), University of Naples Federico II = Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne), École normale supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon)-Université Lumière - Lyon 2 (UL2)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Experimental Economics
Experimental Economics, Springer Verlag (Germany), 2019, 22 (2), pp. 477-505. ⟨10.1007/s10683-018-9564-5⟩
Experimental Economics, 2019, 22 (2), pp. 477-505. ⟨10.1007/s10683-018-9564-5⟩
ISSN: 1386-4157
1573-6938
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-018-9564-5⟩
Popis: We experimentally analyze the role of speculators, who have no use value for the objects on sale, in auctions. The environment is a uniform-price sealed-bid auction for 2 identical objects, followed by a free-form bargaining resale market, with one positive-value bidder, and either one or two speculators who may choose simultaneously whether to enter the auction. We show that the bidder accommodates speculators by reducing demand in the auction and subsequently purchasing in the resale market, which encourages entry by speculators. The presence of multiple speculators induces each speculator to enter less often, but increases competition in the auction and the auction price. Speculators earn positive profits on average, except when multiple speculators enter the auction.
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