Real-life examples of common value auctions include Treasury bill auctions, initial public offerings, spectrum auctions, very prized paintings, art pieces, antiques etc.
status
not read
reprioritisations
last reprioritisation on
suggested re-reading day
started reading on
finished reading on
Common value auction - Wikipedia ions. [1]
A classic example of a pure common values auction is when a jar full of quarters is auctioned off. The jar will be worth the same amount to anyone. However, each bidder has a different guess about how many quarters are in the jar. <span>Other, real-life examples include Treasury bill auctions, initial public offerings, spectrum auctions, very prized paintings, art pieces, antiques etc.
One important phenomenon occurring in common value auctions is the winner's curse. Bidders have only estimates of the value of the good. If, on average, bidders are estimating correct