Level-k Auctions: Can a Non-Equilibrium Model of Strategic Thinking Explain the Winner's Curse and Overbidding in Private-Value Auctions?

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  2007

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  2007-11-01

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  Economics

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1468-0262.2007.00810.X
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