History's Role in Coordinating Decentralized Allocation Decisions

Donald J Meyer, John van Huyck, Raymond Battalio and Thomas R Saving

Journal of Political Economy, 1992, vol. 100, issue 2, 292-316

Abstract: What causes individual suppliers to allocate goods in such a way that the aggregate allocation satisfies the law of one price? A satisfactory answer to this question must confront two related problems: equal net prices at all allocations provide no information to suppliers about the quantity to deliver to a specific location and strategic uncertainty makes an observed violation of the law of one price an unreliable indicator of a profit opportunity. This paper develops a simple analytical framework to formalize these two problems, reviews some solutions found in the literature, and reports laboratory evidence on how people solve them. Copyright 1992 by University of Chicago Press.

Date: 1992
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