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Menezes, FM; Monteiro, PK - 1998

Suppose a seller wants to sell k similar or identical objects and there are n k potential buyers. Suppose that each buyer wants only one object. In this case, we suggest the use of a simultaneous auction that would work as follows. Players are asked to submit sealed bids for one object. The...

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Are credit unions in Ecuador achieving economies of scale?

Marchio, Nick A - 2009

theory suggest that they work against efficiency when membership grows too diffuse. To address this issue, this study uses a …

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Assessing a policy grab bag: federal water policy reform.

Weinberg, M. - 2002

This article examines the economic impacts of policy alternatives for addressing allocative inefficiencies among agricultural, urban, and environmental uses of federal water. The Central Valley Project Improvement Act, composed of multiple incentive-based and command-and-control policies, forms...

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Explaining Economic Growth: Factor Accumulation, Total Factor Productivity Growth, and Production Efficiency Improvement

Limam, Yasmina Reem; Miller, Stephen M. - 2004

productivity growth, and production efficiency improvement. In addition, this paper incorporates the quality of inputs in analyzing …

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Simple-Offer vs. Complex-Offer Auctions in Deregulated Electricity Markets

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - 2007

allocative efficiency more quickly. …

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Efficiency in Deregulated Electricity Markets: Offer Cost Minimization vs. Payment Cost Minimization Auction

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - 2006

This study of the wholesale electricity market compares the efficiency performance of the auction mechanism currently … of the current auction with respect to efficiency is not that obvious. We present a case where the proposed auction … outperforms the current mechanism on efficiency even if all offers reflect true production costs. We also find that a market …

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An Experimental Study of Complex-Offer Auctions: Payment Cost Minimization vs. Offer Cost Minimization

Baltaduonis, Rimvydas - 2007

. Efficiency concerns about this proposal have relied on the assumption of true production cost revelation. Using an experimental … two auctions perform similarly in terms of procurement cost and efficiency. Surprisingly, I do not find a substantial …

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Continuous selections from the Pareto correspondence and non-manipulability in exchange economies

Ju, Biung-Ghi - 2004

In n-agent exchange economies, we show that all efficient and continuous rules are "diagonally dictatorial" over the restricted domain of linear preferences and, in the 2-good case, over the domain of homothetic preferences. The diagonal dictator receives the entire endowment whenever all agents...

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BENCHMARKING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS' EFFICIENCY:MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS

Marathe, Shriram - 2007

organizational performance efficiency is paramount. It is an especially pressing need for CHCs' because they carry a disproportionate … study is to benchmark CHC performance in terms of technical and cost efficiency, and examine factors that affect its … in CHCs' technical and cost efficiency yielded inconsistent results. A declining trend in technical efficiency scores …

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15.928 Strategic Management and Consulting Proseminar: Theoretical Foundations, Spring 2003

Schulmeyer, Gerhard Hans - 2003

Stakeholders Trust. * Theme 2. Focus on Short-Term Efficiency - Cost Containment and Implementation. * Theme 3. Largest Destruction …

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