Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7243638 | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization | 2013 | 23 Pages |
Abstract
We use data from eBay Best Offer listings to analyze haggling over prices in transactions with one seller and a series of potential buyers for a limited-supply product. We characterize this transaction mechanism as a sequential-move game to investigate buyer behavior. Our model suggests that a buyer's offer price increases in relations to the number of buyers who have previously made an offer on the item and the Buy-It-Now price chosen by the seller. On the other hand, the offer price decreases for items which have been listed on eBay for a longer period of time. We empirically test our theoretical predictions using data on the sales of Toyota Camry cars on eBay Motors. The empirical evidence is consistent with our model.
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Authors
Ching-I Huang, Jong-Rong Chen, Chiu-Yu Lee,