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Une analyse coût-avantage des mécanismes d'allocation : l'approche prix-quantités

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[fre] Dans le contexte d'une information imparfaite, un mécanisme d'allocation est défini comme un mode d'organisation sociale permettant de déterminer une allocation pour chaque état de l'environnement. L'approche prix-quantités constitue une méthode d'évaluation des coûts et avantages associés aux différents mécanismes d'allocation.. Cet article décrit cette méthode et recense les résultats fondamentaux qu'elle a permis d'obtenir. Notre présentation contribue à la clarification de certains résul­tats, a priori paradoxaux, comme l'inefficacité de la décentralisation par les prix ou l'efficacité des monopoles. [eng] A cost-benefit analysis of allocation mechanisms : . The prices versus quantities approach. Xavier Freixas. Within the context of imperfect information, allocation mechanisms are defined as devices for attainingan allocation in each state of the nature. The prices vs. quantifies approach is nothing but a cost-benefitanalysis of alternative allocation mechanisms.. This paper presents this approach and surveys the main results its use has allowed to obtain. Our layout contributes to clarify some a priori paradoxical results as the inefficiency of price decentralization or efficiency of monopolies.

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  • Xavier Freixas, 1981. "Une analyse coût-avantage des mécanismes d'allocation : l'approche prix-quantités," Revue Économique, Programme National Persée, vol. 32(6), pages 1074-1086.
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    DOI: 10.3406/reco.1981.408631
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