Understanding Auctions

• Main Authors: Mochón, Asunción (Author), Sáez, Yago (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Leadership.; Game theory.; Economic theory.; Behavioral economics.; Industrial organization.; Economics.; Behavioral/Experimental Economics.; Industrial Organization.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.

In recent years, auctions have become an important field and many markets have designed new and sophisticated auction models to assign different types of items. The prime goal of this book is to set an organized classification of the main auction mechanisms in a way that readers can understand the i...

Table of Contents:

• Auction Basics
• Standard Single-Unit Auctions
• Other Single-Unit Auctions
• Assigning Multiple Homogeneous Items in a Single Auction
• Sequential and Simultaneous Auctions
• Double Auctions
• Introduction to Combinatorial Auctions
• Combinatorial Auction Models
• Online Auctions.- References
• Glossary
• Index.