Publications of the Research Unit Market Design

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2021

    Market Success: The Quest for the Objectives and Success Factors of Markets

  2. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Signalling in Auctions: Experimental Evidence

    We study the relative performance of the first-price sealed- bid auction, the second-price sealed-bid auction, and the all-pay sealed-bid auction in a laboratory experiment where bidders can signal…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Incomplete Contracts in Multi-Period Procurement

    We analyze the problem of a buyer who purchases a long-term project from one of several suppliers. A changing state of the world influences the costs of the suppliers. We distinguish between complete…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-037 // 2021

    Signalling in Auctions: Experimental Evidence

    We study the relative performance of the first-price sealed-bid auction, the second-price sealed-bid auction, and the all-pay sealed-bid auction in a laboratory experiment where bidders can signal information…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-017 // 2021

    Social Norms and Market Behavior – Evidence From a Large Population Sample

    We test the importance of social norms for market interactions associated with negative real-world externalities in a large-scale experiment with a heterogeneous population sample from Germany. The majority of…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Economic games: An introduction and guide for research

    Prosocial behaviors constitute vital ingredients for all types of social interactions and relationships as well as for society at large. Corresponding to this significance, the study of prosocial behaviors has…