Multidimensional screening under nonlinear costs: Limits of standard approach

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 107
Issue: 2
Pages: 263-265

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Abstract

We generalize the usual screening approach and conditions for efficiency-at-the-top and acyclic property from linear to fixed-plus-separable or concave costs and multidimensional commodities. But under non-concave costs, like capacity constraints, an example shows a cycle in the solution graph. The cycle makes the standard screening solution non-implementable and approach inadequate.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:107:y:2010:i:2:p:263-265
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
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2026-01-25