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Envy-Freeness and Implementation in Large Economies

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  • Jackson, Matthew O.
  • Kremer, Ilan

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We show that an asymptotic envy-freeness is a necessary condition for a form of robust approximate implementation in large economies.
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  • Jackson, Matthew O. & Kremer, Ilan, 2003. "Envy-Freeness and Implementation in Large Economies," Working Papers 1157, California Institute of Technology, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • D41 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Perfect Competition
    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games

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