Analyzing Scrip Systems

Scrip systems provide a nonmonetary trade economy for exchange of resources. We model a scrip system as a stochastic game and study system design issues on selection rules to match potential trade partners over time. We show the optimality of one particular rule in terms of maximizing social welfare...

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Main Authors: Johnson, Kristine Dianne (Contributor), Simchi-Levi, David (Contributor), Sun, Peng (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center (Contributor), Sloan School of Management (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2014-09-16T19:27:27Z.
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