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Home | Events | Asymmetric Valuations in Charity Auctions
Research Master Pre-Defense

Asymmetric Valuations in Charity Auctions

  • Speakers
    Reza Armakan , Reza Armakan
  • Location
    Tinbergen - 1.02
    Amsterdam
  • Date and time

    July 08, 2025
    09:00 - 10:00

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.