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Allocation Mechanisms and the Design of Auctions, Econometrica

Abstract

Recent advances in optimal mechanism design are used to show that a certain type of auction, similar to the "open English auction," is an optimal mechanism in a certain class of environments.

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Article

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Date Published

1981

Citations

. 1981. Allocation Mechanisms and the Design of Auctions. Econometrica.(6): 1477-1499.

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