Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62770 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 373 Discussion Paper No. 2001,31
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes, Berlin
Abstract: 
The second-generation GSM spectrum auction in Germany is probably the most clear cut example of a low price outcome in a simultaneous ascending-bid auction. The present paper gives an account of the events, describes the auction rules and market conditions, and provides a theoretical explanation of low price equilibria in simultaneous, ascending-bid auctions. In particular it is shown that the low price equilibrium that implements the efficient allocation is the unique perfect equilibrium of that game.
Subjects: 
multi-unit auctions
spectrum auctions
telecommunications
industrial organization
game theory
JEL: 
D44
D45
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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