Revisiting the foundations of dominant-strategy mechanisms
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Keywords
Mechanism design; Robust mechanism design; Dominant-strategy mechanisms; Maxmin foundation; Linear programming; Duality approach;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
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