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Winners Curse

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In a common-value auction where all bidders estimate the SAME uncertain value, the winner is systematically the one who most OVER-estimated it — so winning is bad news that you likely overpaid. The discipline is to shade your bid for the adverse selection of winning, condition your estimate on the fact that you won, and pre-commit to a value-conditioned walk-away ceiling.

Install with
Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

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About this skill

In a common-value auction where all bidders estimate the SAME uncertain value, the winner is systematically the one who most OVER-estimated it — so winning is bad news that you likely overpaid. The discipline is to shade your bid for the adverse selection of winning, condition your estimate on the fact that you won, and pre-commit to a value-conditioned walk-away ceiling.

Quick start

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About this listing

Category
Developer tools
Reported license
MIT
Listing language (estimated)
English
Review status
Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility
Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.
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