Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/94103 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
SFB/TR 15 Discussion Paper No. 36
Publisher: 
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15 - Governance and the Efficiency of Economic Systems (GESY), München
Abstract: 
This paper reconsiders experimental tests of the English clock auction. We point out why the standard procedure can only use a small subset of all bids, which gives rise to a selection bias. We propose an alternative yet equivalent format that makes all bids visible, and apply it to a 'wallet auction' experiment. Finally, we test the theory against various alternative hypotheses, and compare the results with those that would have been obtained if one had used the standard procedure. Our results confirm that the standard tests are subject to a significant selection bias.
Subjects: 
English Clock Auctions
Experimental Economics
JEL: 
D44
D45
C91
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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