Sealed first-price auction — A sealed first price auction is a form of auction where bidders submit one bid in a concealed fashion. The submitted bids are then compared and the person with the highest bid wins the award, and pays the amount of his bid to the seller. This… … Wikipedia
Uniform price auction — A uniform price auction is a multiunit auction in which a fixed number of identical units of a commodity are sold for the same price. The buyers in the auction bid a maximum price p they are willing to pay per item, and the number of units they… … Wikipedia
Auction theory — is an applied branch of game theory which deals with how people act in auction markets and researches the game theoretic properties of auction markets. There are many possible designs (or sets of rules) for an auction and typical issues studied… … Wikipedia
Auction — Auctioneer redirects here. For the DC Comics supervillain, see Auctioneer (comics). An auctioneer and her assistants scan the crowd for bidders. An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking… … Wikipedia
Auction World.tv — Infobox TV channel dummy parameter= name=Auction World.tv launch=1 November 2001 logofile=Auction World tv.jpg closed date=19 November 2004 availability note= At time of closure sat serv 1=Sky Digital sat chan 1= 651 (2001 2003) 660 (2003 2004)… … Wikipedia
Dutch auction — 1957 in Germany to sell fruits A Dutch auction is a type of auction where the auctioneer begins with a high asking price which is lowered until some participant is willing to accept the auctioneer s price, or a predetermined reserve price (the… … Wikipedia
Auction sniping — is the process of watching a timed online auction (such as on eBay), and placing a winning bid at the last possible moment (often seconds before the end of the auction), giving the other bidders no time to outbid the sniper. Some bidders do this… … Wikipedia
Price mechanism — is an economic term that refers to the buyers and sellers who negotiate prices of goods or services depending on demand and supply.[1] A price mechanism or market based mechanism refers to a wide variety of ways to match up buyers and sellers… … Wikipedia
First Monday Trade Days — is a monthly flea market held in Canton, Texas. The market is actually held on the Thursday through Sunday preceding the first Monday of each month. It purports to be the largest and oldest continually operated flea market in the United States,… … Wikipedia
Auction rate security — An auction rate security (ARS) typically refers to a debt instrument (corporate or municipal bonds) with a long term nominal maturity for which the interest rate is regularly reset through a dutch auction. It could also refer to a preferred stock … Wikipedia
First appearance — In comic books and other stories with a long history, first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a fictional character. Contents 1 Monetary value of first appearance issues 2 Reader interest in first appearances 3 Ambiguity of… … Wikipedia