Efficient multiunit auctions for normal goods

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作者
Baisa, Brian [1 ]
机构
[1] Amherst Coll, Dept Econ, Amherst, MA 01002 USA
关键词
Multiunit auctions; multidimensional mechanism design; wealth effects; STRATEGY-PROOFNESS; DEMAND; MECHANISMS; DESIGN;
D O I
10.3982/TE3430
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
I study multiunit auction design when bidders have private values, multiunit demands, and non-quasilinear preferences. Without quasilinearity, the Vickrey auction loses its desired incentive and efficiency properties. I give conditions under which we can design a mechanism that retains the Vickrey auction's desirable incentive and efficiency properties: (1) individual rationality, (2) dominant strategy incentive compatibility, and (3) Pareto efficiency. I show that there is a mechanism that retains the desired properties of the Vickrey auction if there are two bidders who have single-dimensional types. I also present an impossibility theorem that shows that there is no mechanism that satisfies Vickrey's desired properties and weak budget balance when bidders have multidimensional types.
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页码:361 / 413
页数:53
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