Document Type
Discussion Paper
Publication Date
5-1-2003
CFDP Number
1421R
CFDP Revision Date
2004-04-01
CFDP Pages
46
Abstract
The mechanism design literature assumes too much common knowledge of the environment among the players and planner. We relax this assumption by studying implementation on richer type spaces. We ask when ex post implementation is equivalent to interim (or Bayesian) implementation for all possible type spaces. The equivalence holds in the case of separable environments; examples of separable environments arise (1) when the planner is implementing a social choice function (not correspondence); and (2) in a quasilinear environment with no restrictions on transfers. The equivalence fails in general, including in some quasilinear environments with budget balance. In private value environments, ex post implementation is equivalent to dominant strategies implementation. The private value versions of our results offer new insights into the relation between dominant strategy implementation and Bayesian implementation.
Recommended Citation
Bergemann, Dirk and Morris, Stephen, "Robust Mechanism Design" (2003). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1691.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1691