Foundations of Market Institutions

In this project, we examine the foundations of market institutions. In particular, we are concerned with the following issues:

• Which type of auctions does perform well in particular economic situations?
• Does mixing of private and public providers in the health system perform well?

Publications:

Auctions with variable supply: Uniform price versus discriminatory, European Economic Review 54(4), 2010, 571–593.
(Damian S. Damianov and Johannes Gerd Becker)
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On the existence of symmetric mixed strategy equilibria, Economics Letters 90(1) 84–86, 2006
(Johannes Gerd Becker and Damian S. Damianov)

Uniform vs. discriminatory auctions with variable supply – experimental evidence Games and Economic Behavior 68(1), 60–76, 2010
(Damian S. Damianov, Jörg Oechssler, and Johannes Gerd Becker)

Working Papers:

• Mixing Private and Public Service Providers and Specialization
  (Hans Gersbach and Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka)
  On the Number of α - Pivotal Players
  (Johannes Gerd Becker)

Team Members: Hans Gersbach

Cooperation Partner: Johannes Becker