Asymmetric Valuations in Charity Auctions
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SpeakerReza Armakan
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LocationTinbergen
Amsterdam
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Date and time
May 28, 2025
16:32 - 17:32
This project studies how auction format affects charitable giving when all bidders care equally about the charity and know each other’s valuations. While previous research suggests that all-pay auctions usually raise more money than the winner-pay auctions such as English auctions, we hypothesize, based on game-theoretic analysis, that the English auction can generate higher revenue than the all-pay auction. This holds when the bidders have different valuations of the item.