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The Landscape of Electronic Market Design

The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-1815
Operations and Information Management, School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-1041
The Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-1815
ganand{at}rhsmith.umd.edu
bob.day{at}business.uconn.edu
raghavan{at}umd.edu

This paper presents an introductory survey for this special issue of Management Science on electronic markets. We acquaint the reader with some fundamental concepts in the study of electronic market mechanisms, while simultaneously presenting a survey and summary of the essential literature in this area. Along the way, we position each of the papers presented in this special issue within the existing literature, demonstrating the deep impact of these 14 articles on an already broad body of knowledge.

Key Words: auctions; electronic markets; economics; management science; information systems

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