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All-Pay Auctions with Budget Constraints

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Consider an all-pay auction with interdependent, affiliated valuations and private budget constraints. We characterize a symmetric equilibrium for the case of two players. In contrast with the second-price auction, making budgets more severe can depress the bids of unconstrained bidders

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  • Kotowski, Maciej & Li, Fei, 2011. "All-Pay Auctions with Budget Constraints," MPRA Paper 30468, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Keywords

    All-Pay Auction; Budget Constraints; Lobbying; War of Attrition; Common Values; Private Values;
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    • D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions

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