Profitable Bayesian implementation in one-shot mechanism settings
Haoyang Wu
Abstract
Open-access reader
Haoyang Wu
Abstract
Open-access reader
In the mechanism design theory, a designer would like to implement a desired social choice function which specifies her favorite outcome for each possible profile of all agents' types. Traditionally, the designer may be in a dilemma in the sense that even if she is not satisfied with some outcome with low profit, she has to announce it because she must obey the mechanism designed by herself. In this paper, we investigate a case where the designer can induce each agent to adjust his type in a one-shot mechanism. We propose that for a profitable Bayesian implementable social choice function, the designer may escape from the above-mentioned dilemma by spending the optimal adjustment cost and obtain a higher profit. Finally, we construct an example to show that the designer can breakthrough the limit of expected profit which she can obtain at most in the traditional optimal auction model.
A significance statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.
A contribution statement is not available in the OpenAlex record.
Method details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Findings are not separately available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Limitations are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
Application details are not available in the OpenAlex metadata.
In the mechanism design theory, a designer would like to implement a desired social choice function which specifies her favorite outcome for each possible profile of all agents' types. Traditionally, the designer may be in a dilemma in the sense that even if she is not satisfied with some outcome with low profit, she has to announce it because she must obey the mechanism designed by herself. In this paper, we investigate a case where the designer can induce each agent to adjust his type in a one-shot mechanism. We propose that for a profitable Bayesian implementable social choice function, the designer may escape from the above-mentioned dilemma by spending the optimal adjustment cost and obtain a higher profit. Finally, we construct an example to show that the designer can breakthrough the limit of expected profit which she can obtain at most in the traditional optimal auction model.
Key concepts: Outcome (game theory), Mechanism design, Dilemma, Profit (economics), Computer science, Mechanism (biology), Bayesian probability, Microeconomics