The Profit-Maximizing Strategy for a Bidder in a Vickrey Auction

question 24

True/False

The profit-maximizing strategy for a bidder in a Vickrey auction where there are common values for the object being sold is to bid less than her estimated value for the object, and the more bidders there are, the more the profit-maximizing bidder should shade her bid below her estimated value.

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