about job openings, bargaining power etc. Given these beneficial aspects of networks, the stability is in question: How do … networks.Finally, one of the focal topics of strategic network formation is the "tension of stability and efficiency" (see …

design approach that allows dealing with the multiple equilibrium problem, using mechanisms that are robust to bounded … rationality. This approach is a tool for constructing supermodular mechanisms, i.e. mechanisms that induce games with strategic … supermodular mechanism whose equilibria are contained in the smallest interval among all supermodular mechanisms. This is followed …

preferences exhibit substitutability, simpler demand-reduction strategies address the own price effect problem more directly and …

of these mechanisms to maximize her own profits is a central issue in the organization of markets. The seminal paper of … mechanisms. In this model, it is assumed that the buyers have perfect information as to the existence of gains from trade. We … the first essay we provide an original technique for comparing ex ante expected profits across mechanisms for a seller …

mechanisms in the upstream market determine the behaviors of markets in the downstream market and how pricing policy in the … downstream market influences the properties of allocation mechanisms. We classify an effective range of capacity that influences …

Mechanism design uses game theory to analyze how to construct mechanisms that give agents incentives to produce an … on robust mechanism design has focused on finding "dominant strategy mechanisms," where agents' equilibrium actions … depend only on their preferences and not their beliefs about the other agents. Focusing on such mechanisms makes uncertainty …

paper argues that the conflict of interest between insiders and authorisation mechanisms is analogous to the subset of …