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title: Strategic Behavior in Reverse Auctions
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/5207538/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: SSRN 5207538
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5207538
featured: 2025-04-09
citations: unknown
topic: Other
---


# Strategic Behavior in Reverse Auctions

The study uses game theory to analyze how bidders' utility functions and valuation ranges affect their decision-making in the reverse auction process for mineral exploration licenses.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5207538
- Identifier: SSRN 5207538
- Released: 2025-04-07
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 92 (2025-04-09): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2025-04-09/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Other

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