Topics in Dynamics, Auctions and Voting

动态、拍卖和投票主题

• 批准号: 0318103
• 负责人: Eric Maskin
• 金额: $ 14.51万
• 依托单位: Institute For Advanced Study
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-11-01 至 2007-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0318103&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Topics; Dynamics; Auctions; Voting

The project is a continuation of theoretical economic research in the areas of dynamics, auctions, and voting. Within dynamics, the questions posed bear on Markov perfect equilibrium, unforeseen contingencies, hyperbolic discounting, and the soft budget constraint. Work in auctions will investigate asymmetries between buyers, the high bid auction, efficient auctions, and auctions with seller budget constraints, while research in the area of voting will examine issues related to accountability and the robustness of voting rules.The findings on Markov perfect equilibrium should prove useful to the many applied researchers who use this equilibrium concept in their work. Research on unforeseen contingencies will be of interest to those working on the foundations of contract theory and, more generally, the foundations of decision theory. The work in hyperbolic discounting will contribute to the literature on the boundary between economics and psychology. Findings in the area of the soft budget constraint will have significance not only for academic researchers but also for those involved in designing policy for the transformation of centralized economies to decentralized systems. The questions posed under the heading of auction theory will be of interest to the large community of auction theorists, as well as to those wishing to design auctions for such purposes as privatization and pollution reduction, while the work on voting should be helpful to political economists, political scientists, and to those envisaging reform of electoral systems.

该项目是在动态，拍卖和投票领域的理论经济研究的延续。 在动态范围内，所提出的问题与马尔可夫完美均衡、不可预见的意外事件、双曲贴现和软预算约束有关。 在拍卖方面的工作将调查买家之间的不对称性，高出价拍卖，有效拍卖，拍卖与卖方预算约束，而在投票领域的研究将研究相关的问题，问责制和投票规则的鲁棒性。马尔可夫完美均衡的研究结果应该证明是有用的，许多应用研究人员谁使用这个均衡的概念在他们的工作。对不可预见的意外事件的研究将是那些研究契约理论基础的人感兴趣的，更广泛地说，是决策理论的基础。 双曲贴现的工作将为经济学和心理学之间边界的文献做出贡献。 软预算约束领域的研究结果不仅对学术研究人员具有重要意义，而且对那些参与设计将集中经济转变为分散系统的政策的人也具有重要意义。 在拍卖理论的标题下提出的问题，将使广大的拍卖理论家团体感兴趣，以及那些希望为私有化和减少污染等目的设计拍卖的人感兴趣，而关于投票的工作应该有助于政治经济学家、政治科学家和那些设想选举制度改革的人。