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Q Question 1 1 / 1 pts An auction in which a seller begins by offering an item for sale at a relatively high price and then reduces the price by fixed amounts until receiving a bid is known as a Question 2 1 / 1 pts A situation in which a bidder over-values an auction item and is worse off because their bid is too high is known as the Question 3 1 / 1 pts Use the following statements to answer this question: I. The expected revenue generated by simple first-price and second-price sealed-bid auctions is the same. II. The winner?s curse implies that in a common-value auction the buyer of an auctioned item will likely be the person who made the largest positive error in their estimated value of the item. Question 4 1 / 1 pts Is the following statement True or False? "In second-price sealed-bid auctions, it is never optimal for bidders to bid their maximum willingness to pay."

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1.Dutch auction. This is the correct answer. A “Dutch” auction (also known as “descending price”) is indeed an auction in which a seller begins by offering an item for sale at a relatively high price and then reduces the price by fixed amounts until receiving a bid. 2.Winner's curse. This is the correct answer. In common-value auctions where bidders are uncertain about the true value of the good, the winner’s curse is a phenomenon that occurs when the winner’s bid exceeds the item’s actual value. 3 I and II are true. This is the correct answer. According to the “revenue equivalence theorem”, under certain conditions, the expected revenue from first-price and second-price sealed-bid auction formats is the same (so statement I is correct). Also, the winner’s curse indeed implies that, in a common- value auction, the buyer of the auctioned item is likely the person who made the largest positive error in their estimated value of the item (so statement II is correct).
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