"This prize is about avoiding the winner's curse." Interview: The 2020 Prize in Economic Sciences

Explains auction improvements and the winner’s curse in an accessible Nobel-style interview.

Interviewauction formatsauction theorybidder rationalityexpected valueinformation asymmetrymechanism designJoanna Rose

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• Nobel Prize - Economic Sciences · 2020-10-12

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