Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/77562 
Year of Publication: 
2011
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Working Paper No. 21
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University of Zurich, Department of Economics, Zurich
Abstract: 
We consider a standard social choice environment with linear utilities and independent, one-dimensional, private values. We provide a short and constructive proof that for any Bayesian incentive compatible mechanism there exists an equivalent dominant strategy incentive compatible mechanism that delivers the same interim expected utilities for all agents. We demonstrate the usefulness and applicability of our approach with several examples. Finally, we show that the equivalence between Bayesian and dominant strategy implementation breaks down when utilities are non-linear or when values are interdependent, multi-dimensional, or correlated.
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