Date of Award
12-2008
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Legacy Department
Applied Economics
Committee Chair/Advisor
Maloney, Michael T
Committee Member
Dougan , William R
Committee Member
Warner , John T
Committee Member
Lindsay , C M
Abstract
Wholesale auto auctions are convenient structures for economists as they attempt to observe the marginal effects of quality changes on the market-clearing price. However, what may be categorized as a quality change might rather be a market signal of an environment with adverse selection. This dissertation analyzes the effects of seller type and tests their sensitivity to econometric model specification.
General hedonic attributes and their various applications are reviewed. This dissertation explores the basic auto auction environment and dispels inaccurate notions about the auction structure. Following Bartik's (1987) analysis, multi-market data are used to produce hedonic estimates for seller, mileage and other attributes. A section is devoted to the peculiarities of the auction environment; namely, the winner's curse, adverse selection, and variations in auction structure.
A three-part literature review covers adverse selection, the various technicalities of auction structure, and the econometric issues regarding hedonic regressions. A section presents the data and the econometric models with their results. Concluding remarks discuss areas for further research.
Recommended Citation
Roach, Jeffrey, "THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A HEDONIC PRICING MODEL: EMPIRICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM WHOLESALE AUTOMOBILE AUCTIONS" (2008). All Dissertations. 327.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/327