Partially-honest Nash implementation: Characterization results

Lombardi, M and Naoki Yoshihara, (2011) Partially-honest Nash implementation: Characterization results Discussion Paper.

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Abstract

This paper studies implementation problems in the wake of a recent trend of implementation of non-consequentialist nature, which draws on the evidence taken from experimental and behavioral economics. Specifically, following the seminal works by Matsushima (2008) and Dutta and Sen (2009), the paper considers implementation problems with partially-honest agents, which presume that there is at least one individual in society who concerns herself with not only outcomes but also honest behavior at least in a limited manner. Given this setting, the paper provides a general characterization of Nash implementation with partially-honest individuals. It also provides the necessary and sufficient condition for Nash implementation with partially-honest individuals by mechanisms with some types of strategy-space reductions. As a consequence, it shows that in contrast to the case of the standard framework, the equivalence between Nash implementation and Nash implementation with strategy space reduction no longer holds.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Related URLs:	Author
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Economics
Depositing User:	Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited:	19 Jul 2012 09:21
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2013 19:22
URI:	http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/427922

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