Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5072188 Games and Economic Behavior 2012 21 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Develop a general framework for modeling continuous information acquisition. ► Optimal monopoly price is always lower than standard monopoly price. ► Standard auctions with a reserve price remain optimal among symmetric mechanisms. ► Optimal reserve lies between mean valuation and standard reserve in Myerson (1981). ► Optimal asymmetric mechanism softens price discrimination against “strong” bidders.
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