Internet Auctions with a Temporary Buyout Option

XiaoGang Che

No 2010-07, Working Papers from University of Sydney, School of Economics

Abstract: We model an Internet auction with a temporary buyout option. Our main result shows that under certain parameter values, there exist two types of equilibria where offering a temporary buyout option with an appropriate reserve price enables the seller to increase expected revenue.

Keywords: Internet auctions; temporary buyout option; entry cost (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12
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