CRITERION AUCTIONS is a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm that provides advice on strategic, economic, and auction-related matters to a diverse group of clients. We provide expert analysis for clients who are engaged in matters of market design or market competition that involve a complex auction, bargaining, or econometric component, or for whom an economic litigation or regulatory proceeding requires complex strategic or econometric analysis.

To produce superior analysis for our clients, Criterion assembles recognized experts in the fields of auctions, bargaining, and econometrics. Our experts, case managers, and affiliates have published dozens of books and hundreds of articles in the most prestigious peer-reviewed Journals (such as American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Law and Economics, and Review of Economic Studies).

Criterion performs sophisticated analysis for its clients relating to markets for radio spectrum, electricity, timber, tobacco, professional sports, satellite capacity, wireless telephony, steel, secondary life insurance, airline landing slots, labor, and construction and road repair. Our broad base of experts and academic affiliates provides us with a wealth of experience that spans many industries and covers nearly every field of economic study.