On the generic (im)possibility of full surplus extraction in mechanism design

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 213-233

  Heifetz, Aviad ^a   Neeman, Zvika ^b,c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Face; Genericity; Information rents; Prevalence; Shyness; Surplus extraction; Universal type space

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645034912     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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