🧵 NEW RESEARCH with Eric Lewis and @dioenescfg.bsky.social!
What happens when #auction sellers can't credibly #commit to their reserve prices? Our new paper examines this classic question in the context of federal #BLM auctions of #oil & #gas #leases.
PAPER: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
We study the impact of seller commitment in US federal auctions for mineral rights. These featured binding reserve prices but allowed secondary sales, called no