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		| Leandro  Arozamena and Federico  Weinschelbaum | 
	
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		| ''A note on the suboptimality of right-of-first-refusal clauses'' | 
	
		| ( 2006, Vol. 4 No.24 ) | 
	
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		| We show that, under independent private values, no mechanism that contains a right-of-first-refusal clause can maximize the sum of the utilities of the seller and the right-holder. | 
	
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		| Keywords: Auctions | 
	
		| JEL: D4 - Market Structure and Pricing: General L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance: General
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		| | Manuscript Received : Jul 05 2006 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Jul 05 2006 | 
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