auctions {probstats4econ}R Documentation

Auction data

Description

Data on eBay auctions, based upon the paper "Econometrics of Auctions by Least Squares" by Leonardo Rezende, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2008, 23:925-948. The dataset consists of eBay auctions for Apple iPod mini devices in June and July 2006, limited to only auctions for the 4GB models.

Usage

auctions

Format

auctions

A data frame with 684 rows and 14 columns:

ebay_auction_id

eBay auction ID number

bidders

Number of bidders

finalprice

Final sales price

seller_feedback_pct

Seller's positive feedback percentage (e.g., 90 = 90%)

seller_feedback_score

Seller's feedback score (number of feedbacks received)

reserveprice

Reserve price set by seller (value of 0.01 if no reserve price)

color_pink

1 if iPod is pink, 0 otherwise

color_blue

1 if iPod is blue, 0 otherwise

color_silver

1 if iPod is silver, 0 otherwise

color_green

1 if iPod is green, 0 otherwise

color_other

1 if iPod is another color, 0 otherwise

new

1 if condition listed is new, 0 otherwise

used

1 if condition listed is used, 0 otherwise

refurb

1 if condition listed is refurbished, 0 otherwise

Source

https://journaldata.zbw.eu/dataset/econometrics-of-auctions-by-least-squares


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