Discussion paper

DP16874 Non-bossiness and First-Price Auctions

We show that the first-price auction with no reserve price is the essentially unique mechanism that is non-bossy, individually rational, and efficient in equilibrium. The first-price auction with optimal reserve price is the essentially unique mechanism that is non-bossy, individually rational, and revenue maximizing.

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Citation

Pycia, M and M Raghavan (2022), ‘DP16874 Non-bossiness and First-Price Auctions‘, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 16874. CEPR Press, Paris & London. https://cepr.org/publications/dp16874