Optimal mechanism design with approximate incentive compatibility and many players

We consider a setting in which a mechanism designer must choose the appropriate social alternative depending on the state of nature. We study the problem of optimal design and demonstrate that a mechanism which allocates resources so as to achieve the social optimum and assigns payments equal to the...

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Main Author: Pathikrit Basu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for the Promotion of Mechanism and Institution Design 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design
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Online Access: http://www.mechanism-design.org/arch/v008-1/p_04.pdf