20 problems
- 0 votes0 replies1 view
Unconditional logarithmic rent conjecture
Unconditional logarithmic rent conjecture. The bound continues to hold when (L2)--(L4) are dropped: when the excitation is endogenous to the designer's policy, agents learn from th…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Conjecture on the minimax value for bundling beyond finite variance
Let and satisfy … Let be the ambiguity set of non-negative distributions with mean and mean absolute deviation . The minimax problem conside…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Truncation-loss conjecture for quasi-regular distributions
Let be asymmetric quasi-regular valuation distributions, let , and define truncated distributions…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
No separation in Bayesian uniform-pricing approximation for quasi-regular buyers
Let asymmetric regular and quasi-regular buyers be compared using the revenue approximation of Bayesian Optimal Uniform Pricing to Bayesian Optimal Mechanism, with tight ratio deno…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Sample-complexity preservation for empirical Myerson auctions
Let asymmetric regular and quasi-regular buyers be given valuation samples, and let the Empirical Myerson Auction be the auction learned from those samples to approximate Bayesian…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Tight Bayesian optimal uniform reserve approximation for quasi-regular buyers
Let asymmetric and symmetric buyers have quasi-regular valuation distributions, and let denote the revenue approxima…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Bayesian optimal mechanism approximation conjecture for asymmetric quasi-regular buyers
Let asymmetric regular or quasi-regular buyers be evaluated by the revenue ratio of Bayesian Optimal Uniform Pricing to the Bayesian Optimal Mechanism, denoted by…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
The logarithmic finite-horizon separation conjecture for uniform two-agent resource allocation
Logarithmic finite-horizon separation conjecture. The correct asymptotic rate of this gap is , which would imply a separation between the infinite-horizon and finite-horiz…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
The MEV-smoothing conjecture for dynamic extraction-rate mechanisms
Dynamic MEV sharing uses a feedback-controlled redistribution mechanism in which the redistributed amount is governed by the MEV dynamics rather than solely by observed MEV. MEV-sm…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Giannakopoulos–Koutsoupias conjecture on the optimality of the straight-jacket auction
Giannakopoulos–Koutsoupias conjecture. The straight-jacket auction is optimal for this auction problem.
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Generic uniqueness conjecture for optimal policies
Let be an optimal policy with support , and define … The conditions in Proposition 1.4 are that, when is -maximal for some set and , o…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Conjecture that affine closeness is insufficient for multidimensional monotone partitions
Let and let have the unique tangent hyperplane property: tangent hyperplanes to the graph of at any two distinct points are dist…
- 0 votes0 replies1 view
Conjecture that the revenue-maximizing equilibrium is unique in general
General uniqueness conjecture. is the unique equilibrium for fewer bidders under a non-informative information structure, regardless of the specific parameters of the au…
- 0 votes0 replies1 view
Conjecture that non-informative information yields uniqueness with fewer bidders
Uniqueness conjecture. Fewer bidders are required for to be the unique equilibrium when the information structure is non-informative than when it is informative.
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Generic uniqueness conjecture for optimal information policies
Generic uniqueness conjecture. The conditions in the uniqueness proposition hold generically, and hence the optimal policy is unique for generic .
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Truthful value-of-time reporting in transferable-utility lane-changing games
The paper considers lane-changing interactions modeled as transferable-utility (TU) games, in which vehicles exchange right-of-way for monetary side payments and report their value…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
General-probability individual rationality conjecture for optimal matchings
Let be a directed graph, let denote the subgraph induced by the vertices owned by player , and let be the players' vertex-ownership probabilities. Let…
- 0 votes0 replies0 views
Diminishing individual bid impact in large dynamic-agent populations
The mechanism has a market-clearing price determined by the agents' bids, and agents may anticipate how their individual bids affect that price rather than behaving as price takers…
- 0 votes0 replies1 view
Conjecture that price restart discounts can improve convergence performance
Price restart discounts are applied to previous clock-phase closing prices to determine the opening prices of a new clock phase, allowing users to adjust their demands in response…
- 0 votes0 replies2 views
Quadratic voting's asymptotic efficiency for binary collective decisions
Quadratic voting (QV) is used for binary collective decision problems in the symmetric private-information environment considered here. Quadratic voting efficiency conjecture. QV s…