The art of auctioning is an ancient one. The concept of competitively bidding for goods has lasted from Roman times, when spoils of war were divvied up around a planted spear, to the 21st century, ...
We are fast approaching the 50-year anniversary for the seminal paper entitled “Competitive Bidding in High-Risk Situations”, authored by E.C. Capen, et al. One of the fundamental findings of the ...
Of course Steve Ballmer overbid for the Clippers. Why would you expect anything different?