31E11100 - Microeconomics: Pricing, Lecture, 13.9.2021-25.10.2021
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Reading assignment 6 (due 20.10. at 10:15)
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Senaste inlämningsdatum: onsdag, 20 oktober 2021, 10:15
Read
Richard H. Thaler (1988): “Anomalies: The Winner’s Curse”, Journal of Economic
Perspectives 2 (1). (publicly available at https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.2.1.191
).
1. Explain what is meant by winner’s curse. In what kind of auctions could it apply?
2. How should rational economic agents take into account the possibility of winner’s curse?