On the number of α-pivotal players

Johannes Gerd Becker

We show that bounds like those of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky (J. Econ. Theory, 2000) as well as of Gradwohl et al. (Math. Oper. Res., 2009) on the number of alpha-pivotal agents can be obtained by decomposition of variance. All these bounds have a similar asymptotic behaviour, up to constant factors. Our bound is weaker than that of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky, but we require only pairwise independent - rather than independent - types. Our result strengthens the bound of Gradwohl et al.

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Year of publication:	[2011]
Authors:	Becker, Johannes Gerd
Publisher:	Zürich : CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich
Subject:	alpha-pivotal agent \| influence \| direct mechanism \| decomposition of variance \| Macht \| Power \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Asymmetrische Information \| Asymmetric information \| Externer Effekt \| Externalities \| Mechanismus-Design-Theorie \| Mechanism design \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 13 Seiten)
Series:	Working papers of the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich. - Zürich : Inst., ZDB-ID 2099103-4. - Vol. 11, 142 (February 2011)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.3929/ethz-a-006329942 [DOI] hdl:10419/171585 [Handle]
Classification:	D62 - Externalities ; D89 - Information and Uncertainty. Other
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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