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The purpose of this paper is to explore strategic incentives to use trade networks rather than markets and to shed … of networks. We investigate the issues by mainly focusing on the role of matching in a trade network. The existing … conditions under which agents prefer to trade on networks rather than in markets. -- Trade networks ; Repeated games ; Matching …
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The purpose of this paper is to explore strategic incentives to use trade networks rather than markets and shed light … trading system. The study states conditions under which agents prefer to trade on networks rather than in markets. -- Repeated … trade ; Moral hazard ; Matching ; Transaction costs ; Networks ; Institutions …
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We study an economy where intermediaries facilitate exchange between a supplier and consumers. The set of feasible transactions is characterized by a network and an efficient auction protocol sets prices. We examine trading networks compatible with a free-entry equilibrium. There is under-entry...
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We formulate the merchant trading of energy in a network of storage and transport assets as a Markov decision process with uncertain energy prices, generalizing known models. Because of the intractability of our model, we develop heuristics and both lower and dual (upper) bounds on the optimal...
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I develop a theory of intermediation in a market where agents meet bilaterally to trade and buyers cannot commit to … that yield informed agents either more effective opportunities to trade or the ability to extract more surplus in trades. …
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