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On the Number of alpha-Pivotal Players

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We show that bounds like those of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky (J. Econ. Theory, 2000) as well as of Gradwohl et al. (Math. Oper. Res., 2009) on the number of alpha-pivotal agents can be obtained by decomposition of variance. All these bounds have a similar asymptotic behaviour, up to constant factors. Our bound is weaker than that of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky, but we require only pairwise independent—rather than independent—types. Our result strengthens the bound of Gradwohl et al.

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  • Johannes Gerd Becker, 2011. "On the Number of alpha-Pivotal Players," CER-ETH Economics working paper series 11/142, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich.
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    1. Johannes Gerd Becker, 2012. "A Note on the Number of (alpha) -Pivotal Players," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 37(1), pages 196-200, February.

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    alpha-pivotal agent; influence; direct mechanism; decomposition of variance;
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    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • D89 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Other

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