The paper shows mathematically why coalitions of buyers — demand aggregators — emerge.
Using Hoeffding’s inequality, the authors prove collective procurement lowers cost variance.
Aggregation thus acts as a market self-insurance mechanism.
Cooperation becomes an optimal equilibrium.
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🌟 Full paper in: https://zenodo.org/records/15124064