Further mathematics for economic analysis / Knut Sydsaeter

• Record Nr.: UNINA990009502250403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Harlow : FT prentice Hall, 2008
• ISBN: 9780273713289
• Edizione: [2 ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: XI, 616 p. ; 25 cm
• Locazione: DAGEA
• Collocazione: 62 330.115 FUR
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Mechanism design : a linear programming approach / / Rakesh V. Vohra [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810471103321
• Autore: Vohra Rakesh V.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-107-71423-0; 0-511-83521-3; 1-283-19323-X; 1-139-07619-1; 9786613193230; 1-139-08302-3; 1-139-07047-9; 1-139-08075-X; 1-139-07848-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Econometric Society monographs ; ; 47
• Classificazione: BUS069030
• Disciplina: 658.4/033
• Soggetti: Decision making - Linear programming; Organizational behavior - Mathematical models; Machine theory
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Arrow's theorem and its consequences; 3. Network flow problem; 4. Incentive compatibility; 5. Efficiency; 6. Revenue maximization; 7. Rationalizability.
• Sommario/riassunto: Mechanism design is an analytical framework for thinking clearly and carefully about what exactly a given institution can achieve when the information necessary to make decisions is dispersed and privately held. This analysis provides an account of the underlying mathematics of mechanism design based on linear programming. Three advantages characterize the approach. The first is simplicity: arguments based on linear programming are both elementary and transparent. The second is unity: the machinery of linear programming provides a way to unify results from disparate areas of mechanism design. The third is reach: the technique offers the ability to solve problems that appear to be beyond solutions offered by traditional methods. No claim is made that the approach advocated should supplant traditional mathematical machinery. Rather, the approach represents an addition to the tools of the economic theorist who proposes to understand economic phenomena through the lens of mechanism design.