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Rationalizable implementation in finite mechanisms

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  • Chen, Yi-Chun
  • Kunimoto, Takashi
  • Sun, Yifei
  • Xiong, Siyang

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We prove that the Maskin monotonicity⁎ condition (proposed by Bergemann et al. (2011)) fully characterizes exact rationalizable implementation in an environment with lotteries and transfers. Different from previous papers, our approach possesses many appealing features simultaneously, e.g., finite mechanisms with no integer game or modulo game are used; no transfers are made in any rationalizable profile; the message space is small; the implementation is robust to information perturbations in the sense of Oury and Tercieux (2012).

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  • Chen, Yi-Chun & Kunimoto, Takashi & Sun, Yifei & Xiong, Siyang, 2021. "Rationalizable implementation in finite mechanisms," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 129(C), pages 181-197.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:gamebe:v:129:y:2021:i:c:p:181-197
    DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2021.06.001
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    4. Siyang Xiong, 2022. "Rationalizable Implementation of Social Choice Functions: Complete Characterization," Papers 2202.04885, arXiv.org.
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    Keywords

    Complete information; Continuous implementation; Implementation; Information perturbations; Maskin monotonicity*; Rationalizability; Social choice function;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design

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