Abstract
The literature on Walrasian markets in large economies with adverse selection has used various equilibrium refinements, but has obtained no general incentive efficiency of equilibrium, namely when cross-subsidies are needed for efficiency. We show that the same refined equilibria may also be incentive inefficient even when general mechanisms that allow for such cross-subsidies are priced and can be traded. In the process, we also prove existence of some type of forward induction equilibria in this context.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 208-218 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Mathematical Economics |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- Adverse selection
- Mechanisms
- Refinements
- Walrasian markets
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics
- Applied Mathematics