Title:

Economic Efficiency as One of the Main Objectives of Auction Design

Group publication title:

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu

Title in english:

Efektywność ekonomiczna jako jeden z głównych celów w przypadku aukcji

Creator:

Kuśmierczyk, Paweł

Subject and Keywords:

economic efficiency ; Pareto efficiency ; auctions ; experiments

Description:

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu = Research Papers of Wrocław University of Economics; 2010; Nr 136, s. 73-82

Abstrakt:

Auctions are commonly used in case of narrow markets as the useful mechanisms which promote competition and help increase the revenues or lower the costs (in case of procurement). But many economists argue that an even more important objective of the auction design should be efficiency, which roughly means that the object is allocated to the participant, who values it the most. The paper analyzes the concept of economic efficiency and presents arguments why efficiency should be treated as an important objective of the auction design. It also shows that efficiency can be to high extent controlled through a careful design of the auction rules. Laboratory experiments serve as a useful tool which helps tailor those rules to meet the auctioneer's goals.

Publisher:

Publishing House of Wrocław University of Economics

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2010

Resource Type:

artykuł

Language:

eng

Relation:

Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu = Research Papers of Wrocław University of Economics; 2010; Nr 136 ; Ekonomia, vol. 9 ; Macroeconomics

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich w zakresie dozwolonego użytku

Location:

Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu

Coverage:

Dofinansowano z programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" Ministra Edukacji i Nauki (SONB/SP/546390/2022). Tytuł projektu: Upowszechnienie zawartości czasopisma Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu