Two-sided allocation problems, decomposability, and the impossibility of efficient trade

Previous literature has shown that private information is a transaction cost that prevents efficient reallocation in two-sided setups with bilateral trade or homogeneous goods. We derive conditions under which the impossibility of efficient trade extends to rich environments in which buyers and sell...

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Main Authors: Delacrétaz, D, Loertscher, S, Marx, L, Wilkening, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018