How Do Participants in an Auction Respond to the Problem

question 22

Multiple Choice

How do participants in an auction respond to the problem of the "winner's curse"?

• A) they bid more aggressively to win the auction and avoid the "curse".
• B) they exit the auction because winning can only be a bad sign of the object's worth.
• C) all bid less aggressively, so that the winner ends up not regretting having won.
• D) the winner regrets having won the auction.

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