Vergabe von Kindergartenplätzen, Versteigerung von Mobilfunkfrequenzen, Verteilung von Spenden – Märkte sind vielfältig und können durch eine effiziente Gestaltung von Marktregeln verbessert werden. Marktdesign…
This paper analyzes a market in which two horizontally differentiated firms compete by setting menus of two-part tariffs, and in which some consumers are not informed about the linear per-unit price component.…
We describe a new mechanism - what we call a booster draft - for allocating multiple, indivisible objects among a group of individuals. The mechanism’s appeal lies in its strategy-proofness and simplicity:…
We analyze a monopolist who offers different variants of a possibly dangerous product to heterogeneous customers. Product variants are distinguished by different safety attributes. Customers choose product…