Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31176 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Paper No. 1405
Publisher: 
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science, Evanston, IL
Abstract: 
This paper examines the intricacies associated with the design of revenue-maximizing mechanisms for a monopolist who expects her buyers to resell. We consider two cases: resale to a third party who does not participate in the primary market and inter-bidder resale, where the winner resells to the losers. To influence the resale outcome, the monopolist must design an allocation rule and a disclosure policy that optimally fashion the beliefs of the participants in the secondary market. Our results show that the revenue-maximizing mechanism may require a stochastic selling procedure and a disclosure policy richer than the simple announcement of the decision to trade.
Subjects: 
information linkage between primary and secondary markets
optimal disclosure policy
stochastic allocations
mechanism design.
JEL: 
D44
D82
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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