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Double implementation of Lindahl allocations by a pure mechanism. (English) Zbl 1069.91574

Summary: This paper considers the issue of designing mechanisms whose Nash allocations and strong Nash allocations coincide with Lindahl allocations for public goods economies when coalition patterns, preferences, and endowments are unknown to the designer. It will be noted that the mechanism presented here is feasible and continuous, and the implementation result is obtained without defining an artificial preference profile on prices announced by individuals. In addition, unlike most existing Nash-implementing mechanisms which need to distinguish the case of two agents from that of three or more agents, this paper provides a unified mechanism which is irrespective of the number of agents.

MSC:

91B18 Public goods
91A06 \(n\)-person games, \(n>2\)
91A10 Noncooperative games
91B14 Social choice
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