Abstract
A risk neutral seller and buyer with private information bargain over an indivisible item. We prove that optimal robust bilateral trade mechanisms are payoff equivalent to non-wasteful randomized posted prices.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 276-287 |
Journal | Journal of Economic Theory |
Volume | 163 |
Early online date | 29 Dec 2015 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- Bilateral trade
- Incomplete information
- Mechanism design
- Robustness
- Efficiency