combinatorial auction jan 11 mtg background forwarded greg woulfe enron communications 12 28 00 09 58 chonawee supatgiat enron 12 22 00 05 08 pm stinson gibner hou ect ect greg woulfe enron communications enron communications cc subject combinatorial auction stinson greg read paper combinatorial auction multiple winners universal service richard steinberg frank kelly propose combinatorial auction auction multiple items allows bidders realize synergies combinations items combinatorial auction appropriated bandwidth commodity bidders market synergies combination items example want get bandwidth boston dc would bid boston ny ny dc valuable us links one link useless paper propose auctioning method method tested validated yet checked proposition mathematically paper published management science think right look details let know anyhow also combinatorial auctions actually used example alberta government ppa auction enron canada participated 3 4 months ago based long position bandwidth auction exchange might good channel dispose unused unsold bandwidth know much demand market open combinatorial auction exchange might able increase market share taking demand competitors believe moment bandwidth exchanges allow combinatorial bids first one might improve sale channel gain market share note auction one seller many buyers exchange many sellers many buyers moreover think auctioning unsold bandwidth hurt us sell anyway addition dummy bidder system bid auction current wining bid low bid keep product way indirectly put reserve price products let meet sometime first week january chonawee