Complements and Substitutes in Sequential Auctions: The Case of Water Auctions

Javier Donna and Jose Espin-Sanchez

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Abstract: We use data on sequential water auctions to estimate demand when units are complements or substitutes. A sequential English auction model determines the estimating structural equations. When units are complements, one bidder wins all units by paying a high price for the first unit, thus deterring others from bidding on subsequent units. When units are substitutes, different bidders win the units with positive probability, paying prices similar in magnitude. We recover individual demand consistent with this stark pattern of outcomes and confirm it is not collusive but consistent with noncooperative behavior. Demand estimates are biased if one ignores these features.

Keywords: Auctions; Structural Demand Estimation; Market Structure; Competition; Collusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 D44 L10 L40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-02-18
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Published in RAND Journal of Economics 1.49(2018): pp. 87-127

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Journal Article: Complements and substitutes in sequential auctions: the case of water auctions (2018)
Working Paper: Complements and Substitutes in Sequential Auctions: The Case of Water Auctions (2014)
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