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These are introductory lectures to the mathematical theory of optimal transportation, and its connections with the economic theory of incentives.

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Ekeland, I. Notes on optimal transportation. Econ Theory 42, 437–459 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-008-0426-9

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