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A Quantity-Quantity Algorithm for Planning under Increasing Returns to Scale

Econometrica 1977 45(6), 1339
[This paper describes a decentralized planning procedure which converges to a global optimum--as seen by a central planning board--whether or not the production possibility sets of the firms are convex. All information is exchanged in the form of quantities: the planning board proposes quotas and the firms respond with feasible production programs.]