A Situation in Which a Bidder Over-Values an Auction Item

question 51

Multiple Choice

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:

• A) Ellsberg Paradox.
• B) winner's curse.
• C) Arrow Impossibility Theorem.
• D) curse of the commons.

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