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An experimental test of design alternatives for the British 3G/UMTS auction

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In spring 2000, the British government auctioned off licences for Third Generation mobile telecommunications services. In the preparation of the auction, two designs involving each a hybrid of an English and a sealed-bid auction were suggested by the government: a discriminatory and a uniform price variant. We report an experiment on these two designs, and also compare the results to those with a pure English auction. Both hybrids are similar in efficiency, revenue differences disappear as bidders get experienced. Compared to the discriminatory format, the pure English auction gives new entrants better chances.

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hal-00279157 , version 1 (14-05-2008)

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Klaus Abbink, Bernd Irlenbusch, Paul Pezanis-Christou, Bettina Rockenbach, Abdolkarim Sadrieh, et al.. An experimental test of design alternatives for the British 3G/UMTS auction. European Economic Review, 2007, 49, pp.505-530. ⟨10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00044-8⟩. ⟨hal-00279157⟩
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