[dx034]

Very misleading title, especially for a scientific paper. While it was the biggest auction up to that date, a similar auction in Germany just a few months later had a significantly higher revenue, nearly twice as much as the British auction. [0] The paper was published in 2002, so the title was already incorrect when it was published.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_auction#Germany

[neals]

And after that, hopes for a big auction at your friendly neighborhood the Netherlands where high! Expecting similar numbers, the action became a big flop with just under 2.5bil euro's.

[imarg]

The paper acknowledges this right there in the first page (footnote 2).

"The German telecom auction subsequently raised even more in cash terms (although less per head of population) ..."