Auctioning public assets : analysis and alternatives / edited by Maarten Janssen.

This book provides an overview of the economic issues that are involved in the privatisation of firms, previously under public control. Combining a theoretical framework with case studies it asks which allocation mechanism can a government adopt and how will the choice of allocation mechanism affect...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Janssen, Maarten Christiaan Wilhelmus, 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Auction theory for auction design / Tilman Börgers and Eric Van Damme
  • Beauty contest design / Maurice Dykstr and Nico Van der Windt
  • Preventing collusion among firms in auctions / Timothy C. Salmon
  • Levelling the playing field in auctions and the prohibition of state aid / Emiel Maasland, Yves Montangie and Roger Van Den Bergh
  • Allocation mechanisms and post-allocation interaction / Maarten Janseen and Benny Moldovanu
  • Spectrum auctions by the United States Federal Communications Commission / Timothy C. Salmon
  • An analysis of the European 3G licensing process / Emiel Maasland and Benny Moldovan
  • Auctions of gas transmission access : the British experience / Tanga Morae McDaniel and Karsten Neuhoff
  • The design of treasury bond auctions : some case studies / Joseph Swierzbinski and Tilman Börgers
  • Matching markets / Benny Moldovanu
  • Competitive procurement of reintegration services in the Netherlands / Maurice Dykstr and Jaap De Koning
  • The provision of rail services / Luisa Affuso and David Newbery.