Snipers, Shills, and Sharks: eBay and Human Behavior
Ken Steiglitz, Princeton University Press, 2007
Notices
July 16, 2007:
Thanks to Chris Gaylord for the notice in the The Christian Science Monitor,
"Why we do what we do on eBay: Economists mine the online auction site to find out
why shoppers act irrationally."
June 27, 2007:
Here's a link to Tom Keene's Bloomberg Radio show,
"On the Economy". I talked with him Wed. June 27, 6-7pm:
podcast.
June 10, 2007: Thanks to Christopher Shea for his nicely
crafted Critical Faculties column
"eBay-nomics" in the Boston Globe.
June 7, 2007:
An interview in the form of
Questions-and-Answers at Powell's Books.
May 29, 2007:
A review of reviews by Teresa Riordon,
in the blog of the School of Engineering and Applied Science,
In EQN,
with a link to a profile by Hilary Parker in the
Princeton Weekly Bulletin.
May 26, 2007:
From
New Scientist Magazine,
an appreciative review by Mark Buchanan.
"The book does a lot more than just explain why eBay works the way it
does, however. As promised in the subtitle, Steiglitz also explores the
quirks of human behaviour in auctions, both on eBay and elsewhere, which
have as much to do with psychology as with brute economic logic."
May 8, 2007:
A review by Michael Giberson
in
knowledgeproblem
"I've just finished Ken Steiglitz's book, Snipers, Shills, and Sharks:
eBay and Human Behavior. Don't let the subtitle throw you - the book is
neither narrowly limited to eBay nor broadly focused on human behavior.
Instead, the book is the best-writted introduction to auction theory I've seen."
"The book would make an excellent introduction to auction
theory for undergraduates, but can also be read profitably
by anyone with an avid interest in the workings of auctions."
April 30, 2007:
Thanks for the kind words by Franz Dill in his
well known blog,
The Eponymous Pickle.
"...an excellent overview of auction science."
"...a number of sometimes surprising revelations about the specific
dynamics of eBay auctions, and how that influences buyers and sellers."