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Identifiant
oai:arXiv.org:2403.11022
Sujet
Economics - Theoretical Economics Computer Science - Computer Scienc...Auteur
Banchio, Martino Mehta, Aranyak Perlroth, AndresCatégorie
Computer Science
Année
2024
Date de référencement
20/03/2024
Mots clés
delay session information ad market platform auctioneer quality auctionRésumé
We study the design of auctions with dynamic scoring, which allocate a single item according to a given scoring rule.
We are motivated by online advertising auctions when users interact with a platform over the course of a session.
The platform ranks ads based on a combination of bids and quality scores, and updates the quality scores throughout the session based on the user's online activity.
The platform must decide when to show an ad during the session.
By delaying the auction, the auctioneer acquires information about an ad's quality, improving her chances of selecting a high quality ad.
However information is costly, because delay reduces market thickness and in turn revenue.
When should the auctioneer allocate the impression to balance these forces?
We develop a theoretical model to study the effect of market design on the trade-off between market thickness and information.
In particular, we focus on first- and second-price auctions.
The auctioneer can commit to the auction format, but not to its timing: her decision can thus be cast as a real options problem.
We show that under optimal stopping the first-price auction allocates efficiently but with delay.
Instead, the second-price auction generates more revenue by avoiding delay.
The auctioneer benefits from introducing reserve prices, more so in a first-price auction.
Banchio, Martino,Mehta, Aranyak,Perlroth, Andres, 2024, Auctions with Dynamic Scoring
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