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The Optimal Mechanism For Selling To Budget-Constrained Consumers

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  • Che, Yeon-Koo
  • Gale, Ian

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This paper finds an optimal mechanism for selling an indivisible good to consumers who may be budget-constrained. Unlike the standard case, where buyers are not budget-constrained, a single posted price is not optimal. An optimal mechanism generally consists of a continuum of lotteries indexed by the probability of consumption and the entry fee.

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  • Che, Yeon-Koo & Gale, Ian, 1995. "The Optimal Mechanism For Selling To Budget-Constrained Consumers," SSRI Workshop Series 292704, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Social Systems Research Institute.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uwssri:292704
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.292704
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    1. Laffont, Jean-Jacques & Robert, Jacques, 1996. "Optimal auction with financially constrained buyers," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 52(2), pages 181-186, August.
    2. Mark Armstrong & David E.M. Sappington, 2006. "Regulation, Competition and Liberalization," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 44(2), pages 325-366, June.
    3. Arijit Sen, 1998. "Seller Financing of Consumer Durables," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 7(3), pages 435-460, September.
    4. Gautier, Axel & Mitra, Manipushpak, 2002. "Financing Infrastructure under Budget Constraint," Bonn Econ Discussion Papers 15/2002, University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE).

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    Research Methods/ Statistical Methods;

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    • D40 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - General
    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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