Beyond Hurwicz: Incentive Compatibility under Informational Decentralization
Abstract
Achieving incentive compatibility under informational decentralization is impossible within the class of direct and revelation-equivalent mechanisms typically studied in economics and computer science. We show that these impossibility results are conditional by identifying a narrow class of non-revelation-equivalent mechanisms that sustain enforcement by inferring preferences indirectly through parallel, uncorrelatable games.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Game Theory and Voting Systems
Auction Theory and Applications
Game Theory and Applications
Publication details
- Journal / source
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Publication date
- 2 February 2026
- Document type
- Preprint