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Title: Optimal mechanism for the sale of a durable good

Author(s): Laura Doval and Vasiliki Skreta

Publication Date: August 2019

Keyword(s): information design, intrapersonal equilibrium, Limited Commitment, mechanism design, posted price and self-generation

Programme Area(s): Industrial Organization

Abstract: We show that posted prices are the optimal mechanism to sell a durable good to a privately informed buyer when the seller has limited commitment in an infinite horizon setting. We provide a methodology for mechanism design with limited commitment and transferable utility. Whereas in the case of commitment, subject to the buyer's truthtelling and participation constraints, the seller's problem is a decision problem, in the case of limited commitment, the seller's problem corresponds to an intrapersonal game, where different "incarnations" of the seller represent the different beliefs he may have about the buyer's valuation.

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Doval, L and Skreta, V. 2019. 'Optimal mechanism for the sale of a durable good'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13967