Artikel

Auctions versus private negotiations in buyer-seller networks

Buyer-seller networks where price is determined by an ascending-bid auction are important in many economic examples such as certain real estate markets, radio spectrum sharing, and buyer-supplier networks. However, it may be that some sellers are better off not participating in the auction. We consider what happens if sellers can make a take it or leave it offer to one of their linked buyers before the auction takes place and thus such a seller can choose not to participate in the auction. We give conditions on the graph and buyers valuations under which the buyer and seller will both agree to such a take it or leave it offer. Specifically, the buyer-seller pair will choose private negotiation over the auction if the seller acts as a network bridge with power over the buyer and if there are enough buyers with low valuations so that the seller does not expect to receive a high price in the auction.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 7 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 1-14 ; Basel: MDPI

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Auctions
Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
Thema
auctions
buyer-seller networks
bridges

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Watts, Alison
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
MDPI
(wo)
Basel
(wann)
2016

DOI
doi:10.3390/g7030022
Handle
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Watts, Alison
  • MDPI

Entstanden

  • 2016

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