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Applied Economics Letters Volume 17, 2010 - Issue 10
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Benford's Law and psychological barriers in certain eBay auctions

Ocean Fan Lu Department of Economics, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, STNCSC, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2
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David E. Giles Department of Economics, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700, STNCSC, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 2Y2Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 1005-1008 | Published online: 16 Jun 2009
 
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Abstract

Using generalizations of Benford's Law we test for the absence of psychological barriers at various price levels in eBay auctions for professional football tickets. Our empirical results indicate that this hypothesis cannot be rejected.

Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Sophie Hesling for her assistance with data collection.

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