Auctions: Theory and Practice
The Toulouse Lectures in Economics
Paul Klemperer
Nuffield College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 1NF, England
http://www.paulklemperer.org
Princeton University Press, 2004 (click here
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This book is a non-technical introduction
to auction theory; its practical application in auction design (including many
examples); and its uses in other parts of economics. It can be used for a graduate
course on auction theory, or – by picking selectively – an advanced
undergraduate or MBA course on auctions and auction design.
Part A introduces the basic theory.
Part B shows how modern auction-theoretic tools illuminate a range of mainstream
economic questions that are superficially unconnected with auctions. Part C
discusses practical auction design. Part D describes the one-hundred-billion
dollar 3G mobile-phone license auctions. None of the writing is technical, except
in the Appendices.
The material was presented as the
inaugural (2003) Toulouse Lectures in Economics.
Preface
Introduction
Detailed Contents