Reinterpreting King Solomon's Problem: Malice and Mechanism Design

Reinterpreting King Solomon's Problem: Malice and Mechanism Design

I argue for an alternative interpretation of King Solomon's problem in terms of one of the two claimants being “malicious”. A “malicious” claimant places no intrinsic value on the object but derives utility from depriving the rival claimant. This new interpretation permits a simpler solution th...

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Main Author: GUHA, Brishti
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
King Solomon's problem
Mechanism design
Malice
Elimination of dominated strategies
Behavioral Economics
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1527
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2526/viewcontent/ReinterpretingKingSolomonProblem_2014_JEBO.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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