Appendix: an Incentive-Compatible Mechanism for Revealing True Willingness to Pay

question 15

Multiple Choice

Appendix: An incentive-compatible mechanism for revealing true willingness to pay in a private value auction is

• A) impossible
• B) a Dutch auction
• C) a second-highest sealed bid auction
• D) a sequential auction with open bidding
• E) a discriminatory price all-or-nothing auction.

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