The Winner's Curse Is the Tendency in Certain Types of Auctions

question 14

Multiple Choice

The winner's curse is the tendency in certain types of auctions for:

• A) unsophisticated bidders to overpay whenever they win.
• B) winners to be unable to win a subsequent auction.
• C) winners to regret spending their money on the auctioned item.
• D) the owner of the item up for auction to unfairly drive up auction prices.

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