The winner's curse occurs when:
A) the winning bidder is not at all optimistic.
B) the winning bid exceeds the true value of a good.
C) the losing contract bidder experiences frequent cost overruns.
D) the winning bid is drawn from the left tail of the bid distribution.
E) the firm's bid discount exceeds its (upward) estimation error.
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