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Suppose Firm 1, Firm 2, and Firm 3 are the only three firms interested in a lot at the corner of First Street and Glendon Way. The lot is being auctioned by a second-price sealed-bid auction. Suppose Firm 1s value of the lot is $11,000, Firm 2s value is $18,500, and Firm 3s is $14,000. Each bidders consumer surplus is CS-VP if it wins the auction and O if it loses. The values are private. What is each bidders optimal bid? Who wins the auction, and what price does that firm pay? Firm 1s optimal bid is S Firm 2s optimal bid is $ and Firm 3s is SEte our responses as whole numbers.)

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It is a Vickerey auctions in which dominant strategy is always to reveal true value therefore
Firm 1s optimal bid is $11,000

Firm 2s optimal bid is $18,500

Firm 3's optimal bid is $14,000


Firm 2 wins the auction and pays the price $14,000

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