A note on optimal allocation with costly verification

Albin Erlanson, Andreas Kleiner

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Abstract

We revisit the problem of a principal allocating an indivisible good with costly verification, as it was formulated and analyzed by Ben-Porath et al. (2014). We establish, in this setting, a general equivalence between Bayesian and ex-post incentive compatible mechanisms. We also provide a simple proof showing that the optimal mechanism is a threshold mechanism.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)56-62
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Mathematical Economics
Volume84
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2019

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Keywords

  • BIC and EPIC equivalence
  • Costly verification
  • Optimal mechanisms

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  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Applied Mathematics

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A note on optimal allocation with costly verification. / Erlanson, Albin; Kleiner, Andreas.

In: Journal of Mathematical Economics, Vol. 84, 01.10.2019, p. 56-62.

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Erlanson, A & Kleiner, A 2019, 'A note on optimal allocation with costly verification', Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 84, pp. 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2019.06.002
Erlanson A, Kleiner A. A note on optimal allocation with costly verification. Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2019 Oct 1;84:56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2019.06.002
Erlanson, Albin ; Kleiner, Andreas. / A note on optimal allocation with costly verification. In: Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2019 ; Vol. 84. pp. 56-62.
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