Banks would be less cavalier about overbidding, as successful bids would be accepted in full.

ECONOMIST: The European Central Bank

Some observers will say that Oshkosh created its own problems by first overbidding for commercial businesses during the housing boom and then trying to compensate by underbidding for Pentagon business in the bust that followed.

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