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1967

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Experimental Studies Of Discrimination Versus Competition In Sealed Bid Auction Markets, Vernon L. Smith Jan 1967

Experimental Studies Of Discrimination Versus Competition In Sealed Bid Auction Markets, Vernon L. Smith

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In this study, attention focuses on the behavior of a class of auction markets where formal organization requires the individual competing bidders to submit one or more written "sealed bids" specifying the quantity and price at which they are committed to buy (or sell) units of the item being traded.