A Double-track adjustment process for discrete markets with substitutes and complements

Econometrica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 933-952

  Sun, Ning ^a   Yang, Zaifu ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjustment process; Auction; Complement; Indivisibility; Substitute

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949103662     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA6514     Document Type: Article

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