Reallocation Costs and Efficiency
研究当重新配置有成本时,如何有效分配可分割资产。分析初始分配集中度对有效重新配置剩余的影响,并刻画实现有效重新配置所需预算的变化。
We study the efficient allocation of a divisible asset when reallocation is costly. Two players initially divide an asset between them. At the time of this initial division the players' valuations for the asset are uncertain. After the uncertainty resolves, costly reallocation may take place. We first establish that the surplus associated with efficient reallocation monotonically increases or decreases in the concentration of the initial division for a wide range of cost specifications. We then characterize how the budget necessary to implement the efficient reallocation changes with the initial division.