Document de travail

Dynamic Allocation without Money

Yingni Guo et Johannes Hörner

Résumé

We analyze the optimal design of dynamic mechanisms in the absence of transfers. The agent’s value evolves according to a two-state Markov chain. The designer uses future allocation decisions to elicit private information. We solve for the optimal allocation mechanism. Unlike with transfers, efficiency decreases over time. In the long run, polarization occurs. A simple implementation is provided. The agent is endowed with a “quantified entitlement,” corresponding to the number of units he is entitled to claim in a row.

Mots-clés

mechanism design; principal-agent; quota mechanism; token budget;

Codes JEL

  • D82: Asymmetric and Private Information • Mechanism Design
  • C73: Stochastic and Dynamic Games • Evolutionary Games • Repeated Games

Référence

Yingni Guo et Johannes Hörner, « Dynamic Allocation without Money », TSE Working Paper, n° 20-1133, août 2020.

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Publié dans

TSE Working Paper, n° 20-1133, août 2020