3 papers
econ.GN2020
Auctioning Annuities
Gaurab Aryal, Eduardo Fajnzylber, Maria F. Gabrielli +1
We propose and estimate a model of demand and supply of annuities. To this end, we use rich data from Chile, where annuities are bought and sold in a private market via a two-stage…
econ.GN2015
Is Collusion-Proof Procurement Expensive?
Gaurab Aryal, Maria F. Gabrielli
Collusion among bidders adversely affects procurement cost and in some cases efficiency, and it seems collusion is more prevalent that we would like. Statistical methods of detecti…
econ.GN2014
Semiparametric Estimation of First-Price Auction Models
Gaurab Aryal, Maria Florencia Gabrielli, Quang Vuong
We propose a semiparametric method to estimate the density of private values in first-price auctions. Specifically, we model private values through a set of conditional moment rest…