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Friedrich von Hayek and mechanism design

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I argue that Friedrich von Hayek anticipated some major results in the theory of mechanism design. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

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  • Eric Maskin, 2015. "Friedrich von Hayek and mechanism design," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 28(3), pages 247-252, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:28:y:2015:i:3:p:247-252
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-015-0310-3
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    Hayek; Mechanism design; D82;
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    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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