A simultaneous descending bid auction for multiple items and unitary demand

This paper proposes a new descending bid method for auctioning multiple objects. The auctioneer announces a current price, bidders indicate their demands at that price, and the auctioneer lowers the prices until every object can be allocated to a buyer who demands it and no buyer receives more than...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marilda Sotomayor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2002-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Economia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71402002000300006