Arbeitspapier

Characterizing the vickrey combinatorial auction by induction

This note studies the allocation of heterogeneous commodities to agents whose private values for combinations of these commodities are monotonic by inclusion. This setting can accommodate the presence of complementarity and substitutability among the heterogeneous commodities. By using induction logic, we provide an elementary proof of Holmstrom's (1919) characterization of the Vickrey combinatorial auction as the unique efficient, strategy-proof, and individually rational allocation rule. Our proof method can also be applied to domains to which his proof cannot be.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Discussion Paper ; No. 631

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Auktionstheorie
Privatisierung
Allokation

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Hong, Chew Soo
Shigehiro, Serizawa
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Osaka
(when)
2005

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  • Hong, Chew Soo
  • Shigehiro, Serizawa
  • Osaka University, Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2005

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