The Effects of Shilling on Final Bid Prices in Online Auctions

• Main Authors: KAUFFMAN, Robert J., Wood, Charles A.
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2005
• 主題: Auctions; Econometric analysis; Economics; E-markets; Internet auctions; Internet fraud; Premium bidding; Reserve price shilling; Weighted least squares; Winner’s curse; Computer Sciences; E-Commerce
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2141; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3141/viewcontent/download__1_.pdf
• 機構: Singapore Management University

An increasing number of reports of online auction fraud are of growing concern to auction operators and participants. In this research, we discuss reserve price shilling, where a bidder shills in order to avoid paying auction house fees, rather than to drive up the price of the final bid. We examine...