Beyond Regularity: Simple versus Optimal Mechanisms, Revisited

• Main Authors: Feng, Yiding, Jin, Yaonan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 05.11.2024
• Subjects: Computer Science - Computer Science and Game Theory; Mathematics - Statistics Theory; Statistics - Theory

A large proportion of the Bayesian mechanism design literature is restricted to the family of regular distributions $\mathbb{F}_{\tt reg}$ [Mye81] or the family of monotone hazard rate (MHR) distributions $\mathbb{F}_{\tt MHR}$ [BMP63], which overshadows this beautiful and well-developed theory. We...