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The Real-Life Tragedy of Myerson and Satterthwaite’s Impossibility Theorem: A Tale of High Drama, Intrigue, and Duplicity
Sunday, May 24th, 2009
Tags: bargaining, coase, economics, mechanism design, myerson-satterthwaite, real estate, rent
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