Truthful implementation and preference aggregation in restricted domains

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory
Year: 2013
Volume: 148
Issue: 3
Pages: 1074-1101

Authors (3)

Carbajal, Juan Carlos (not in RePEc) McLennan, Andrew (University of Queensland) Tourky, Rabee (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

In a setting where agents have quasi-linear utilities over social alternatives and a transferable commodity, we consider three properties that a social choice function may possess: truthful implementation (in dominant strategies); monotonicity in differences; and lexicographic affine maximization. We introduce the notion of a flexible domain of preferences that allows elevation of pairs and study which of these conditions implies which others in such domain. We provide a generalization of the theorem of Roberts (1979) [36] in restricted valuation domains. Flexibility holds (and the theorem is not vacuous) if the domain of valuation profiles is restricted to the space of continuous functions defined on a compact metric space, or the space of piecewise linear functions defined on an affine space, or the space of smooth functions defined on a compact differentiable manifold. We provide applications of our results to public goods allocation settings, with finite and infinite alternative sets.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jetheo:v:148:y:2013:i:3:p:1074-1101
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-26