On the value of randomization

DOI10.1016/J.JET.2014.02.006MaRDI QIDQ402095zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stéphane Gauthier, Guy Laroque

Publication date 27 August 2014

Published in Journal of Economic Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2014.02.006

zbMATH Keywords

constrained optimizationincentive constraintsrandom contractssecond-order conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonconvex programming, global optimization (90C26) Fundamental topics (basic mathematics, methodology; applicable to economics in general) (91B02)

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