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Perfect Competition as the Blueprint for Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility

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  • Louis Makowski

    (UC Davis)

  • Joseph M. Ostroy

    (UCLA)

  • Uzi Segal

    (University of Western Ontario)

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  • Louis Makowski & Joseph M. Ostroy & Uzi Segal, 1995. "Perfect Competition as the Blueprint for Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility," UCLA Economics Working Papers 745, UCLA Department of Economics.
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