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Implementation of Reduced Form Mechanisms: A Simple Approach and a New Characterization


Sergiu Hart


Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Center for the Study of Rationality

Philip Reny


University of Chicago - Department of Economics
December 21, 2011

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2011-013

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We provide a new characterization of implementability of reduced form mechanisms in terms of straightforward second-order stochastic dominance. In addition, we present a simple proof of Matthews’ (1984) conjecture, proved by Border (1991), on implementability.

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Date posted: December 23, 2011  

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Hart, Sergiu and Reny, Philip, Implementation of Reduced Form Mechanisms: A Simple Approach and a New Characterization (December 21, 2011). Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2011-013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1975519 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1975519

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Sergiu Hart
Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Center for the Study of Rationality ( email )
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Givat-Ram
Jerusalem, 91904
Israel
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Philip Reny (Contact Author)
University of Chicago - Department of Economics ( email )
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
773-702-8192 (Phone)
773-702-7587 (Fax)
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