Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xiii
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
5. Chapter One. English and Vickrey Auctions 1
6. Chapter Two. From Vickrey to eBay 25
7. Chapter Three. eBay Strategies Observed 34
8. Chapter Four. What If eBay Were First-Price? 65
9. Chapter Five. The Signals that Sellers Send 79
10. Chapter Six. Prices! 108
11. Chapter Seven. Transgressions 150
12. Chapter Eight. Epilogue 174
13. Appendix A Vickrey’s Genesis 179
14. Appendix B Riley and Samuelson’s Optimal Auctions 207
15. Appendix C Myerson’s Optimal Mechanisms 230
16. Appendix D Laboratory Evidence: A Summary 254
17. REFERENCES 263
18. INDEX 271