simple mechanisms

On the Optimal Fixed-Price Mechanism in Bilateral Trade
We study the problem of social welfare maximization in bilateral trade, where two agents, a buyer and a seller, trade an indivisible …
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Computing Simple Mechanisms: Lift-and-Round over Marginal Reduced Forms
We study revenue maximization in multi-item multi-bidder auctions under the natural item-independence assumption – a classical …
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Third-Party Data Providers Ruin Simple Mechanisms
Motivated by the growing prominence of third-party data providers in online marketplaces, this paper studies the impact of the presence …
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Third-Party Data Providers Ruin Simple Mechanisms
Motivated by the growing prominence of third-party data providers in online marketplaces, this paper studies the impact of the presence …
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