Credible, Strategyproof, Optimal, and Bounded Expected-Round Single-Item Auctions for all Distributions

Meryem Essaidi, Matheus V. X. Ferreira, S. Matthew Weinberg

We consider a revenue-maximizing seller with a single item for sale to multiple buyers with i.i.d. valuations. Akbarpour and Li (2020) show that the only optimal, credible, strateg…