Auction theory and mechanism design form a cornerstone of economic and computer science research, examining how individuals or entities bid for resources and ensuring that strategic interactions yield ...

Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 8, No. 2/3, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (April-May 2010), pp. 526-536 (11 pages) I describe ...

We consider the problem of efficiently allocating the capacity of a number of service facilities (prone to congestion) to a set of users with private information regarding their willingness to pay for ...

The European Commission has shared updated documents with its member states for speeding up permitting procedures and designing auctions for renewables. It includes the use of non-price criteria in ...

Renewable energy auctions are fast becoming the method of choice across the globe for driving down the costs of energy procurement. Hosted by the Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) in ...

In our previous piece (‘The bad bank proposal and process of value discovery’, Mint, 10 March), we scrutinized the government proposal for a bad bank in the light of the rhetoric of “minimum ...

Daniel Arsham’s ‘Dino Chair (Raw)’ is just one of many items in Deign Industry for Peace’s upcoming auction. Courtesy Friedman Benda Along with Noah Blake and the design industry professionals behind ...