Auctions with variable supply and competing auctioneers [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Damian Stefanov Damianov

Auctions with Variable Supplyand Competing AuctioneersDissertationzur Erlangung des akademschen GradesDoctor Rerum Politicaruman der˜ ˜Fakultat fur Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften˜der Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelbergvorgelegt vonDamian Stefanov Damianovgeboren in Sofia, BulgarienHeidelberg, Juli 2005AcknowledgementsThis dissertation originated due to the guidance, encouragement and support of manypeople, and I would like to take here the opportunity to thank all of them. First of all,I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and intellectual debt to my supervisor,Jurgen˜ Eichberger. He guided my research throughout all the stages of this long-termproject and taught me how to separate the interesting from the trivial, the essentialfrom the unimportant. At the same time he gave me the freedom to choose a researchtopic and develop my own ideas. His in uence on my development as an economistand researcher is substantial. I am also very grateful to J˜org Oechssler for his valuableguidance and helpful advice. He kindly agreed to act as a second advisor.This thesis beneflted a lot from the discussions with Switgard Feuerstein and HansGersbach. They read parts of this work and made constructive suggestions. I wouldalso like to thank Hans Haller for the illuminating discussions during his visits at theUniversity of Heidelberg. He made constructive comments to all chapters.