Internet auctions with a temporary buyout option

XiaoGang Che ()

Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 110, issue 3, 268-271

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: 2011
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