Non-existence of Equilibria in Simultaneous Auctions with a Common Budget-Constraint

Gagan Ghosh

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Abstract

I analyze an auction environment where two units of an object are sold at two simultaneous, sealed-bid, first-price auctions to bidders who have a one-dimensional type space, where a type represents the value a bidder places on each of the two units. All bidders have an identical budget constraint that binds their ability to spend in the auctions. I show that if the valuation distribution is atom-less then there does not exist any equilibrium in behavioral strategies in this auction game.
Original languageEnglish
Article number428
JournalInternational Journal of Game Theory
Volume44
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)253-274
Number of pages22
ISSN0020-7276
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

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