implemented by introducing a communication stage before an auction. I show that granting bidders a right to remain anonymous, i ….e., to refuse participation in the communication stage, leaves the optimal mechanism unchanged and provides no benefits for …

This paper studies a mechanism design model where the players and the designer are nodes in a communication network. We … characterize the communication networks (directed graphs) for which, in any environment (utilities and beliefs), every incentive … implementable on a given communication network, in all environments with either common independent beliefs and private values or a …

communication structure in a mechanism and the ability of the principal to screen the agents not only on the basis of their … preferences over the outcomes, but also on the basis of their communication abilities. A number of interesting implications for …