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The winner's curse: why whoever wins an auction has usually overpaid
In 1983, MBA students bid on jars of coins worth exactly $8. On average they underestimated the jars, guessing $5.13. Yet the winning bids averaged $10.01, so…
Economics
5 min read
27 Sep