Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Jan, 1985, Volume 53, Issue 1

On the Welfare Analysis of Rational Expectations Equilibria with Asymmetric Information

https://doi.org/0012-9682(198501)53:1<1:OTWAOR>2.0.CO;2-I
p. 1-30

Jean-Jacques Laffont

Rational expectations equilibria are analyzed as incentive compatible mechanisms. The sense in which they can be implemented is made precise. Then, a welfare analysis of these equilibria is carried out within the class of mechanisms having the same incentive compatibility properties and the same communication constraints.


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