The ex ante incentive compatible core of an exchange economy with private information is the (standard) core of a socially designed characteristic function, which expresses the fact that coalitions allocate goods by means of random incentive compatible mechanisms. We first survey some results in...

"The authors compare the two merger control systems currently employed worldwide: a mandatory system based on merger size threshold and a voluntary system with ex-post monitoring and fines. The voluntary system possesses two informational advantages: (i) the enforcement agency employs more...

Finanzintermediäre können eine portfoliotheoretisch motivierte Optimierung ihres Buchkreditportefeuilles nur unter der Bedingung realisieren, dass die Kreditrisiken am Sekundärmarkt handelbar sind. Mit Kreditverkäufen, Kreditverbriefungen und Kreditderivaten haben sich die Möglichkeiten...