eBay auctions for Third Eye Blind concert tickets

Dennis Halcoussis () and Timothy Mathews ()

Journal of Cultural Economics, 2007, vol. 31, issue 1, pages 65-78

Abstract: The band Third Eye Blind recently completed a tour, selling tickets exclusively on eBay. Many tickets were bundled with either VIP passes or autographed posters. These data are used to measure variations in price across different markets, as well as the premiums paid for different ticket types. Auctioning the tickets allows the seller to practice Third Degree Price Discrimination and bundling, without having to determine prices in each market and for each different bundle. We find: tickets bundled with VIP passes command a substantial positive premium; tickets bundled with autographed posters command a small negative premium; different prices emerge in different geographic markets; and auction prices are positively related to the fixed price at which tickets could be purchased by way of Buy-it-Now. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Auctions; Cultural economics; D44; Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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