Lecture 20: Ad Auctions
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Discusses ad auctions using game theory and revenue equivalence
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MIT 14.12 Economic Applications of Game Theory, Fall 2025
Instructor: Ian Ball
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Ian Ball begins this lecture by reviewing revenue equivalence and then transitions to talking about keyword search auctions, like Google ads.
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