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Informational Size and Efficient Auctions

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RICHARD McLEAN
ANDREW POSTLEWAITE

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We develop an auction model for the case of interdependent values and multidimensional signals in which agents' signals are correlated. We provide conditions under which a modification of the Vickrey auction which includes payments to the bidders will result in an "ex post" efficient outcome. Furthermore, we provide a definition of informational size such that the necessary payments to bidders will be arbitrarily small if agents are sufficiently informationally small. Copyright 2004 The Review of Economic Studies Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 71 (2004)
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Pages: 809-827
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