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Trade, expropriation and allocation

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  • Antonio Quesada

    (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)

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Allocation rules map preference profiles into allocations, whereas trading rules map preference profiles and allocations into allocations. It is shown that no allocation rule can derive from a trading rule based on voluntary trade and satisfying a weak efficiency condition. If the trading rule allows compulsory trade then the only allocation rules that can derive from a trading rule satisfying certain additional mild conditions are those having a hierarchy of dictators. These results contribute to accentuate the difference between centralized and decentralized allocation mechanisms.

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  • Antonio Quesada, 2004. "Trade, expropriation and allocation," Public Economics 0407004, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  • Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwppe:0407004
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    Keywords

    Allocation rules; Compulsory trade; Hierarchy of dictators; Trading rules;
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    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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