• Media type: E-Book; Report
  • Title: Low price equilibrium in multi-unit auctions: The GSM spectrum auction in Germany
  • Contributor: Grimm, Veronika [Author]; Riedel, Frank [Author]; Wolfstetter, Elmar [Author]
  • imprint: Berlin: Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes, 2001
  • Language: English
  • Keywords: telecommunications ; multi-unit auctions ; industrial organization ; D44 ; D45 ; game theory ; spectrum auctions
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  • Description: 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.
  • Access State: Open Access