Frontiers in spectrum auction design

Martin Bichler and Jacob Goeree

International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, vol. 50, issue C, 372-391

Abstract: Spectrum auction design has seen number innovations in the recent years. Regulators have used various types of combinatorial auction formats including simple ascending combinatorial clock auctions and first-price sealed-bid combinatorial auctions. The Simultaneous Multi-Round Auction (SMRA) and the two-stage Combinatorial Clock Auction (CCA) are the most wide-spread auction formats for spectrum sales to date. We provide an accessible overview of strategic problems in these auction formats and summarize research challenges in this field for a broader audience of readers in industrial organization.

Keywords: Auction theory; Market design; Spectrum auction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D44 D47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2016.05.006

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