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The converse envelope theorem

Abstract:
I prove an envelope theorem with a converse: the envelope formula is equivalent to a first-order condition. Like Milgrom and Segal's (2002) envelope theorem, my result requires no structure on the choice set. I use the converse envelope theorem to extend to general outcomes and preferences the canonical result in mechanism design that any increasing allocation is implementable, and apply this to selling information.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.3982/ECTA18119

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Economics
Oxford college:
Nuffield College
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Publisher:
Econometric Society
Journal:
Econometrica More from this journal
Volume:
90
Issue:
6
Pages:
2795-2819
Publication date:
2022-11-22
Acceptance date:
2022-07-15
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EISSN:
1468-0262
ISSN:
0012-9682


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1265655
Local pid:
pubs:1265655
Deposit date:
2022-06-26

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