Report NEP-DES-2026-08-17

This is the archive for NEP-DES, a report on new working papers in the area of Economic Design. Alexander Teytelboym issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Jantschgi, Simon & H.Nax, Heinrich & Pradelski, Bary & Pycia, Marek, 2024, "Foundations of Double Auctions from Theory and Practice," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19690, Nov.
• Ichihashi, Shota & Jeon, Doh-Shin & Kim, Byung-Cheol, 2024, "Mechanism Design and Innovation Incentive for an Ad-Funded Platform," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19675, Nov.
• Ma, Tianyu & Riedel, Frank, 2026, "First-price Sealed-bid Auctions with Smoothly Ambiguity-Averse Bidders," Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers, Center for Mathematical Economics, Bielefeld University, number 769, Aug.
• Dirk Bergemann & Marek Bojko, 2026, "Efficient Dynamic Mechanism Design without a Common Prior," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, number 2540, Jul.
• Itai Ashlagi & Shahar Dobzinski & Jacob D. Leshno & Sigal Oren, 2026, "Auction Design with a Bit of Information," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.06623, Aug, revised Aug 2026.
• Pycia, Marek & Troyan, Peter, 2024, "The Random Priority Mechanism is Uniquely Simple, Efficient, and Fair," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19689, Nov.
• Combe, Julien & Dur, Umut & Tercieux, Olivier & Terrier, Camille & Ãœnver, M. Utku, 2025, "Market Design for Distributional Objectives in (Re)assignment: An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19893, Jan.
• Kamenica, Emir & Lin, Xiao, 2024, "Commitment and Randomization in Communication," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19759, Dec.
• Weijie Zhong, 2026, "Bundling Complements," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.07982, Jul.
• Akshit Kumar & Vahideh Manshadi & Akhilesh Tumu, 2026, "How Much Should A Conversational Recommender System Converse?," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, number 2545, Jul.
• Gorkem Celik & Roland Strausz, 2026, "Informative Certification: Screening vs. Acquisition," Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers, Berlin School of Economics, number 0104, Jul, DOI: 10.48462/opus4-6298.
• Christopher P. Chambers & M. Bumin Yenmez, 2026, "Acceptant Expansions of Path-Independent Choice Rules," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.07022, Aug.
• Otsu, Taisuke & Pesendorfer, Martin, 2024, "Conduct in the Soft Drink Market: A Mechanism Design Approach," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19567, Oct.
• Doyle, Christopher, 2026, "Strategic withholding in descending clock capacity auctions: a stage-by-stage analysis of the British electricity capacity market," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 139055, Oct.
• Bobkova, Nina, 2024, "The Optimality of Majority Rule: An Information-Choice Perspective," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19777, Dec.
• Schöttner, Anja & Upton, Harvey, 2024, "When Should a Firm Employ its Workers? A Relational Contracting Approach," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19688, Nov.
• Mei Dong & Janet Hua Jiang & Ling Sun, 2026, "Information, Prices and Buyer Entry," Staff Working Papers, Bank of Canada, number 26-4, Mar, DOI: 10.34989/swp-2026-4.
• Bergemann, Dirk & Gan, Tan & Li, Yingkai, 2026, "Managing persuasion robustly: the optimality of quota rules," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 140351, Sep.
• Madarász, Kristóf & Pycia, Marek, 2025, "Cost over Content: Information Choice in Trade," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19902, Jan.
• Tong Liu & Jacob Mays, 2026, "Capacity Markets for Large Loads under Supply-Chain Constraints," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2608.06528, Aug.
• Wagner, Wolf & Zeng, Jing, 2025, "Too-Many-To-Fail and the Design of Bailout Regimes," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 19976, Feb.
• Park, Eunseong & Rausch, Sebastian & Karplus, Valerie J., 2026, "Environmental ambition and economic protectionism: The design of border carbon adjustments," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 26-021.
• David M. Rothschild & Nicole Immorlica & Brendan Lucier & Markus Mobius & Aleksandrs Slivkins, 2026, "The Evolution of Digital Search: From Blue Links to Delegated Decision-Making," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.21459, Jul.
• Hector Chade & Victoria Marone & Amanda Starc & Jeroen Swinkels, 2026, "Multidimensional Screening for Quality with an Application to Health Insurance," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, number 2541, Jun.