The Implementation Duality

S-Tier
Journal: Econometrica
Year: 2018
Volume: 86
Issue: 4
Pages: 1283-1324

Authors (2)

Georg Nöldeke (Universität Basel) Larry Samuelson (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Conjugate duality relationships are pervasive in matching and implementation problems and provide much of the structure essential for characterizing stable matches and implementable allocations in models with quasilinear (or transferable) utility. In the absence of quasilinearity, a more abstract duality relationship, known as a Galois connection, takes the role of (generalized) conjugate duality. While weaker, this duality relationship still induces substantial structure. We show that this structure can be used to extend existing results for, and gain new insights into, adverse‐selection principal‐agent problems and two‐sided matching problems without quasilinearity.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:emetrp:v:86:y:2018:i:4:p:1283-1324
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26