Arbeitspapier
On the Number of alpha-Pivotal Players
We show that bounds like those of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky (J. Econ. Theory, 2000) as well as of Gradwohl et al. (Math. Oper. Res., 2009) on the number of alpha-pivotal agents can be obtained by decomposition of variance. All these bounds have a similar asymptotic behaviour, up to constant factors. Our bound is weaker than that of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky, but we require only pairwise independent—rather than independent—types. Our result strengthens the bound of Gradwohl et al.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 11/142
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Wirtschaft
Externalities
Information and Uncertainty: Other
- Subject
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alpha-pivotal agent
influence
direct mechanism
decomposition of variance
Macht
Öffentliche Güter
Asymmetrische Information
Externer Effekt
Mechanismus-Design-Theorie
Theorie
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Becker, Johannes Gerd
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Veröffentlichung
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ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
- (where)
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Zurich
- (when)
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2011
- DOI
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doi:10.3929/ethz-a-006329942
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Becker, Johannes Gerd
- ETH Zurich, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research
Time of origin
- 2011
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