A Method for Determining the Appropriateness of National Planning in a Market Economy
Meade指出，在缺乏期货市场时，指示性规划可提供未来市场信息。本文引入激励方案鼓励代理人向中央规划者传递准确信息，并用Groves-Loeb投票程序判定规划是否有利。
Meade demonstrates how, in the absence of futures markets for many commodities, indicative planning can supply economic agents with the requisite information about future market conditions. An incentive scheme designed to encourage agents to relay accurate information to central planners is introduced into Meade's model. It is then shown how the Groves and Loeb voting procedure can be used to determine whether an indicative planning program would be beneficial.