Efficient multiunit auctions for normal goods

被引:6
|
作者
Baisa, Brian [1 ]
机构
[1] Amherst Coll, Dept Econ, Amherst, MA 01002 USA
关键词
Multiunit auctions; multidimensional mechanism design; wealth effects; STRATEGY-PROOFNESS; DEMAND; MECHANISMS; DESIGN;
D O I
10.3982/TE3430
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
I study multiunit auction design when bidders have private values, multiunit demands, and non-quasilinear preferences. Without quasilinearity, the Vickrey auction loses its desired incentive and efficiency properties. I give conditions under which we can design a mechanism that retains the Vickrey auction's desirable incentive and efficiency properties: (1) individual rationality, (2) dominant strategy incentive compatibility, and (3) Pareto efficiency. I show that there is a mechanism that retains the desired properties of the Vickrey auction if there are two bidders who have single-dimensional types. I also present an impossibility theorem that shows that there is no mechanism that satisfies Vickrey's desired properties and weak budget balance when bidders have multidimensional types.
引用
收藏
页码:361 / 413
页数:53
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [1] A review of multiunit auctions with homogeneous goods
    Khezr, Peyman
    Cumpston, Anne
    [J]. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS, 2022, 36 (04) : 1225 - 1247
  • [2] MULTIUNIT AUCTIONS
    Kwasnica, Anthony M.
    Sherstyuk, Katerina
    [J]. JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC SURVEYS, 2013, 27 (03) : 461 - 490
  • [3] Composing Supply Chains Through Multiunit Combinatorial Reverse Auctions With Transformability Relationships Among Goods
    Giovannucci, Andrea
    Cerquides, Jesus
    Rodriguez-Aguilar, Juan A.
    [J]. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SYSTEMS MAN AND CYBERNETICS PART A-SYSTEMS AND HUMANS, 2010, 40 (04): : 767 - 778
  • [4] Truthful Bundle/Multiunit Double Auctions
    Chu, Leon Yang
    [J]. MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 2009, 55 (07) : 1184 - 1198
  • [5] Bidder behavior in multiunit auctions: Evidence from Swedish Treasury auctions
    Nyborg, KG
    Rydqvist, K
    Sundaresan, SM
    [J]. JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 2002, 110 (02) : 394 - 424
  • [6] Approximately-strategyproof and tractable multiunit auctions
    Kothari, A
    Parkes, DC
    Suri, S
    [J]. DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, 2005, 39 (01) : 105 - 121
  • [7] OPTIMAL BIDDING IN MULTIUNIT AUCTIONS WITH MANY BIDDERS
    NAUTZ, D
    [J]. ECONOMICS LETTERS, 1995, 48 (3-4) : 301 - 306
  • [8] Overbidding and inefficiencies in multi-unit Vickrey auctions for normal goods
    Baisa, Brian
    [J]. GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR, 2016, 99 : 23 - 35
  • [9] Two-Buyer Sequential Multiunit Auctions with No Overbidding
    Ahunbay, Mete Seref
    Lucier, Brendan
    Vetta, Adrian
    [J]. ALGORITHMIC GAME THEORY, SAGT 2020, 2020, 12283 : 3 - 16
  • [10] Entry Deterrence and Collusion at Repeated Multiunit Auctions of ITQs
    Pena-Torres, Julio
    Munoz, Roberto
    Quezada, Felipe
    [J]. MARINE RESOURCE ECONOMICS, 2022, 37 (04) : 437 - 465