On Monotone Strategy Equilibria in Simultaneous Auctions for Complementary Goods

60 Pages Posted: 23 Jul 2015 Last revised: 30 Aug 2019

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Matthew L. Gentry

Florida State University

Tatiana Komarova

Department of Economics, University of Manchester

Pasquale Schiraldi

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics

Wiroy Shin

Chonnam National University - Department of Economics

Date Written: June 20, 2018

Abstract

We explore existence and properties of equilibrium when N ≥ 2 bidders compete for L ≥ 2 objects via simultaneous but separate auctions. Bidders have private combinatorial valuations over all sets of objects they could win, and objects are complements in the sense that these valuations are supermodular in the set of objects won. We provide a novel partial order on types under which best replies are monotone, and demonstrate that Bayesian Nash equilibria which are monotone with respect to this partial order exist on any finite bid lattice. We apply this result to show existence of monotone Bayesian Nash equilibria in continuous bid spaces when a single global bidder competes for L objects against many local bidders who bid for single objects only. We then consider monotone equilibrium with endogenous tiebreaking building on Jackson, Simon, Swinkels and Zame (2002), and demonstrate that these exist in general. These existence results apply to many auction formats, including first-price, second-price, and all-pay.

Keywords: simultaneous auctions; complementarities; synergies; equilibria existence; efficiency; multi-object auctions; monotone strategies

JEL Classification: D44, C72

Suggested Citation

Gentry, Matthew L. and Komarova, Tatiana and Schiraldi, Pasquale and Shin, Wiroy, On Monotone Strategy Equilibria in Simultaneous Auctions for Complementary Goods (June 20, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2634091 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2634091

Matthew L. Gentry

Florida State University ( email )

Tallahassee, FL 30306-2180
United States

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Tatiana Komarova (Contact Author)

Department of Economics, University of Manchester ( email )

Arthur Lewis Building
Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Pasquale Schiraldi

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) - Department of Economics ( email )

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London, WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

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Wiroy Shin

Chonnam National University - Department of Economics ( email )

77 Yongbongro, Buk-gu, Gwangju
Gwangju, 500-757

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