Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202405 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
EAG Discussion Paper No. EAG 13-2
Publisher: 
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Economic Analysis Group (EAG), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
A leading explanation for price dispersion in posted-price markets is search costs. We incorporate this insight into a model of competing second-price auctions similar to eBay. By doing so, we extend the narrow literature on competing auctions to capture price dispersion, and grow the already vast literature on price dispersion to include auctions. We provide evidence for the model using data collected from eBay, identifying search costs by exploiting a discontinuity in the visibility of auctions due to eBay's search tool.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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