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always true, and many well-known mechanisms are simple, including ascending auctions, posted prices, and serial dictatorship …
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It is well-known that the ability of the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism to implement efficient outcomes for private value choice problems does not extend to interdependent value problems. When an agent's type affects other agents' utilities, it may not be incentive compatible for him to...
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I study a mechanism design problem of allocating a single good to an agent when the mechanism is followed by a post-mechanism game (aftermarket) played between the agent and a third-party. The aftermarket is beyond the direct control of the designer. However, she can influence the information...
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Chapter 1: Second-price auctions -- Chapter 2: First-price auctions -- Chapter 3: First-price auctions, Extensions … -- Chapter 4: All-pay auctions and auctions with asymmetrically informed bidders -- Chapter 5: Third-price auctions, kth …-price auctions, and lotteries -- Chapter 6: The Revenue Equivalence principle -- Chapter 7: Common-value auctions -- Chapter 8: Multi …
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text ideal for upper undergraduate and graduate students. The book begins with a discussion of second-price auctions, which …-price auctions, all-pay auctions, third-price auctions, the Revenue Equivalence principle, common-value auctions, multi-unit auctions …, and procurement auctions. Exercises in each chapter are ranked according to their difficulty, with a letter (A-C) next to …
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A budget-constrained buyer wants to purchase items from a shortlisted set. Items are differentiated by quality and sellers have private reserve prices for their items. Sellers quote prices strategically, inducing a knapsack game. The buyer's problem is to select a subset of maximal quality. We...
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