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The Bottom Line

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Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with insights from the people at the top.

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The Bottom Line: 17/11/2016

17/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - The Bottom Line, 17/11/2016

From eBay to multi-million dollar deals. Evan Davis and guests discuss auctions.

From eBay to the allocation of radio spectrum licences for mobile phone companies, businesses and governments are making increased use of auctions. Evan Davis and guests discuss.

If the word auction conjures up pictures of a man with a gavel in a packed room shouting 'going, going, gone' - think again. These days governments and businesses rely on complicated online auctions to buy and sell. Auctions are also the preferred mechanism for the allocation of radio spectrum licences to mobile phone companies and the selling of mineral rights. Auctions come in a huge variety of forms, and the precise design can have a dramatic effect on the outcomes. Do you know a sealed bid from a "combinatorial clock" auction? Evan Davis and guests discuss the business of auctions. 

Guests include: 
Dan Maldoom, DotEcon
Samantha Collett property developer 
Stephen Lerner, 3 UK

Producer: Lesley McAlpine.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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