Bid Coordination in Sponsored Search Auctions: Detection Methodology and Empirical Analysis
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- Francesco Decarolis & Maris Goldmanis & Antonio Penta & Ksenia Shakhgildyan, 2023. "Bid Coordination in Sponsored Search Auctions: Detection Methodology and Empirical Analysis," Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 71(2), pages 570-592, June.
- Decarolis, Francesco & Goldmanis, Maris & Penta, Antonio & Shakhgildyan, Ksenia, 2023. "Bid Coordination in Sponsored Search Auctions: Detection Methodology and Empirical Analysis," CEPR Discussion Papers 17942, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Francesco Decarolis & Maris Goldmanis & Antonio Penta & Ksenia Shakhgildyan, 2021. "Bid coordination in sponsored search auctions: Detection methodology and empirical analysis," Economics Working Papers 1782, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Francesco Decarolis & Maris Goldmanis & Antonio Penta & Ksenia Shakhgildyan, 2023. "Bid coordination in sponsored search auctions: detection methodology and empirical analysis," Post-Print hal-04198736, HAL.
- Ksenia Shakhgildyan & Maris Goldmanis & Francesco Decarolis & Antonio Penta, 2021. "Bid Coordination in Sponsored Search Auctions: Detection Methodology and Empirical Analysis," Working Papers 1258, Barcelona School of Economics.
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Keywords
Online Advertising; Sponsored Search Auctions; Delegation; Common Agency;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
- L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-COM-2021-12-20 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-DES-2021-12-20 (Economic Design)
- NEP-REG-2021-12-20 (Regulation)
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