The bidder’s curse: comment

Schneider (2016) · American Economic Review · Read the paper

Using the original and new eBay data, argues a key condition for identifying nonstandard behaviour may not have been met; overbidding consistent with standard behaviour once search costs are included.

Using the original and new eBay data, argues a key condition for identifying nonstandard behaviour may not have been met; overbidding consistent with standard behaviour once search costs are included.

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doi:10.1257/aer.20120767. Abstract read: using the original and new eBay data, argues a key condition for identifying nonstandard behaviour may not have been met; overbidding consistent with standard behaviour once search costs are included.