SFB 504 discussion paper 97-05
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Phillipe Jehiel
ENPC, CERAS, Paris and UCL, London
28 rue des Saints-Peres, 75007, Paris France
jehiel@enpc.fr
Benny Moldovanu
Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany
Seminargebäude A5, D-68131 Mannheim
mold@pool.uni-mannheim.de
Resale Markets and the Assignment of Property Rights
- Abstract:
- An indivisible good can be consumed by one of several agents. The consumption involves identity-dependent externalities to non-consumers. Resale markets for such goods are analyzed in various institutional settings where agents cannot commit to future actions. We address the following questions: Does the identity of the original property right owner matter from the determination of the final consumer? Is the final outcome always efficient? It is shown that a negative answer to the first question is possible even if the answer to the second question is also negative.
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- C5 Moldovanu
- Creation date:
- 1997-01-01
- Publication Status
- Review of Economic Studies 66(4), 19999, 971-991.
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