Obviousness around the clock

Breitmoser Y, Schweighofer-Kodritsch S (2022)
Experimental Economics 25: 483–513.

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Li (Am Econ Rev 107(11):3257-3287, 2017) introduces a theoretical notion of obviousness of a dominant strategy, to be used as a refinement in mechanism design. This notion is supported by experimental evidence that bidding is closer to dominance in the dynamic ascending-clock auction than the static second-price auction (private values), noting that dominance is theoretically obvious in the former but not the latter. We replicate his experimental study and add three intermediate auction formats that decompose the designs' differences to quantify the cumulative effects of (1) simply seeing an ascending-price clock (after bid submission), (2) bidding dynamically on the clock, and (3) getting (theoretically irrelevant) drop-out information about other bidders. The theory predicts dominance to become obvious through (2), dynamic bidding. We find no significant behavioral effect of (2), however, while the feedback effects (1) and (3) are highly significant. We conclude that behavioral differences between second-price and ascending-clock auctions offer rather limited support for the theory of obviousness and that framing has surprisingly large potential in mechanism design.
Stichworte
Experiments; Private value auctions; Strategy-proofness; Obviousness
Erscheinungsjahr
2022
Zeitschriftentitel
Experimental Economics
Band
25
Seite(n)
483–513
ISSN
1386-4157
eISSN
1573-6938
Page URI
https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2955352

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Breitmoser Y, Schweighofer-Kodritsch S. Obviousness around the clock. Experimental Economics . 2022;25:483–513.
Breitmoser, Y., & Schweighofer-Kodritsch, S. (2022). Obviousness around the clock. Experimental Economics , 25, 483–513. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-021-09720-z
Breitmoser, Yves, and Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Sebastian. 2022. “Obviousness around the clock”. Experimental Economics 25: 483–513.
Breitmoser, Y., and Schweighofer-Kodritsch, S. (2022). Obviousness around the clock. Experimental Economics 25, 483–513.
Breitmoser, Y., & Schweighofer-Kodritsch, S., 2022. Obviousness around the clock. Experimental Economics , 25, p 483–513.
Y. Breitmoser and S. Schweighofer-Kodritsch, “Obviousness around the clock”, Experimental Economics , vol. 25, 2022, pp. 483–513.
Breitmoser, Y., Schweighofer-Kodritsch, S.: Obviousness around the clock. Experimental Economics . 25, 483–513 (2022).
Breitmoser, Yves, and Schweighofer-Kodritsch, Sebastian. “Obviousness around the clock”. Experimental Economics 25 (2022): 483–513.
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