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Ordinal Simplicity and Auditability in Discrete Mechanism Design

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  • Pycia, Marek
  • Ãœnver, M. Utku

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Designing mechanisms for environments without transfers, market designers usually restrict attention to ordinal mechanisms. Ordinal mechanisms are simpler for both designers and participants but miss potentially welfare-relevant information. Under what conditions focusing on ordinal mechanisms is without loss? We show that, in general, all group strategy-proof mechanisms are ordinal. All mechanisms maximizing an Arrovian social welfare function are ordinal; in a large class of environments, such Arrovian efficiency is implied by Pareto efficiency and a simple auditability condition. Strategy-proof mechanisms that are simple to audit are also ordinal. As applications, we characterize important classes of mechanisms in public choice as well as single-unit-demand and multiple-unit-demand allocation of private goods.

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  • Pycia, Marek & Ãœnver, M. Utku, 2024. "Ordinal Simplicity and Auditability in Discrete Mechanism Design," CEPR Discussion Papers 18958, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:18958
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