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Implementation via Information Design in Binary‐Action Supermodular Games

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  • Stephen Morris
  • Daisuke Oyama
  • Satoru Takahashi

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What outcomes can be implemented by the choice of an information structure in binary‐action supermodular games? An outcome is partially implementable if it satisfies obedience (Bergemann and Morris (2016)). We characterize when an outcome is smallest equilibrium implementable (induced by the smallest equilibrium). Smallest equilibrium implementation requires a stronger sequential obedience condition: there is a stochastic ordering of players under which players are prepared to switch to the high action even if they think only those before them will switch. We then characterize the optimal outcome induced by an information designer who prefers the high action to be played, but anticipates that the worst (hence smallest) equilibrium will be played. In a potential game, under convexity assumptions on the potential and the designer's objective, it is optimal to choose an outcome where actions are perfectly coordinated (all players choose the same action), with the high action profile played on the largest event where that action profile maximizes the average potential.

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  • Stephen Morris & Daisuke Oyama & Satoru Takahashi, 2024. "Implementation via Information Design in Binary‐Action Supermodular Games," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 92(3), pages 775-813, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:emetrp:v:92:y:2024:i:3:p:775-813
    DOI: 10.3982/ECTA19149
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