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The theory of mechanism design can be thought of as the engineering side of economic theory. One begins by identifying a social or economic goal. The theory then addresses the question of whether or not an appropriate institution or procedure (that is, a mechanism) could be designed to attain that goal.
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Maskin, E. (2008). Mechanism Design Theory: How to Implement Social Goals. In: Papadimitriou, C., Zhang, S. (eds) Internet and Network Economics. WINE 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5385. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92185-1_1
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