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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822189703321

Titolo

Information, incentives, and economic mechanisms : essays in honor of Leonid Hurwicz / / Theodore Groves, Roy Radner, and Stanley Reiter, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1987

ISBN

0-8166-5535-9

1-4356-0612-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 399 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

GrovesTheodore

RadnerRoy <1927->

ReiterStanley

Disciplina

330/.01/51

Soggetti

Economics, Mathematical

Mathematical optimization

Game theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; I. Introduction; II. Informational Comparisons; III. Information and Stability; IV. Market Mechanisms; V. Nonmarket and General Mechanisms; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Surveys themes in the study of information, including mechanisms for implementing desired social allocations. It is a reference for graduate students of economic theory, particularly of general equilibrium. The contributors relate their works to that of Leo Hurwicz.