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Re: Does auction length matter?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 4 May 1999 22:41:39 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, fozboot@best.com (Chris Ernest Hall) writes:
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> I followed the threads about eBay's auction rules with great interest. My
> step-mother is former Chief Economist of the SEC and a great authority on
> auction theory.
Awesome!!!
Say, are there trade books or journals on this sort of thing? (Must be, but
I wouldn't know where to look.)
> She was very impressed by the quality of the ideas in the debate. I'm
> glad there's a separate newsgroup for it now.
Say, would she like to sign up to participate here? :-)
--Todd
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| (...) There's remarkably little written about auctions and auction theory. Auctions were basically considered a backwater area of economics (other than for people involved with securities) until the Internet came along. Now auction theory is an area (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I think publicity is a factor, but eBay has such a critical mass of buyers and sellers that there will always be enough people available to fill the compressed activity. This is why eBay's stock price is so high - wall street is betting that (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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