We survey the recent literature on the role of information for mechanism design. We specifically consider the role of endogeneity of and robustness to private information in mechanism design. We view information acquisition of and robustness to private information as two distinct but related aspects of information management important in many design settings. We review the existing literature and point out directions for additional future work.
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Length: 51 pages Date of creation: Aug 2005 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Blundell, Newey and Persson, eds., Proceedings of the 9th World Congress of the Econometric Society, 2006, pp. 186-221 Handle: RePEc:cwl:cwldpp:1532
Find related papers by JEL classification: C79 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Other D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information
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