Strategic experimentation with random serial dictatorship

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Noda, Shunya
• 署名单位: University of British Columbia; University of Tokyo
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2022.01.019
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 115-125
• 关键词: One-sided matching; information acquisition; Bayesian persuasion; strategic experimentation

摘要

We consider matching-mechanism design in an environment in which agents acquire information about their preferences endogenously. Information is costly; thus, agents acquire information only if it is relevant to their decision-making. Agents' beliefs about their choice set (i.e., the set of objects each agent can obtain) are therefore crucial for incentives in information acquisition. This study demonstrates that the implementation of matching mechanisms changes the equilibrium consequence because it influences agents' beliefs about choice sets. We analyze the behavior of the random serial dictatorship mechanism in a stylized environment. We construct a family of economies in which agents have independent and private values but information disclosure about choice sets leads to inefficient outcome. We induce more efficient information acquisition through information design. (C) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc.