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Abstract
I consider a setting where multiple sellers of an identical, indivisible good, compete for buyers by simultaneously announcing auctions. I partially characterize the equilibria among sellers in this setting. I show that the oligopoly equilibrium may be in simple (second-price) mechanisms, where the monopolists optimal auction may have been complex (ironing).