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On the Optimality of Not Allocating

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Jan 2014 Italy, United Kingdom Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

Authors: Hernando-Veciana A.; Michelucci F.;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2468924 , 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.09.016

handle: 10016/20439 , 10278/3719977

On the Optimality of Not Allocating

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Abstract

We show that the commitment to not allocate may be exploited by a seller/social planner to increase the expected social surplus that can be achieved in the sale of an indivisible unit.

Spanish Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness through grant ECO2012- 38863.

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Italy, United Kingdom

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Ca Foscari University of Venice
Italy
Charles University
Czech Republic
Carlos III University of Madrid
Spain
Czech Academy of Sciences
Czech Republic
Durham University
United Kingdom

Keywords

efficiency; auctions; mechanism design;, Auctions, Mechanism design, Auctions; Efficiency; Mechanism design, Efficiency, Economía, D82, D44, jel: jel:D82, jel: jel:D44

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