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Quota Mechanisms: Robustness and Finite-Sample Performance

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  • Ian Ball
  • Deniz Kattwinkel

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A quota mechanism links together multiple decisions by imposing an aggregate quota on the type reports across all problems. We establish a tight bound on the ex-post decision error under quota mechanisms, for a finite number of linked problems. With this bound, we first generalize existing asymptotic results: as the number of decisions grows large, quota mechanisms can asymptotically implement a social choice function if and only if it is cyclically monotone. In this case, we also quantify the speed of convergence. Next, we bound the decision error that results if the designer's estimate of the type distribution is inaccurate. Finally, we show that quota mechanisms are robust to agents' beliefs about each other.

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  • Ian Ball & Deniz Kattwinkel, 2023. "Quota Mechanisms: Robustness and Finite-Sample Performance," Papers 2309.07363, arXiv.org, revised Apr 2024.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2309.07363
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