3 papers
econ.TH2024
On Regularity and Normalization in Sequential Screening
Ian Ball, Teemu Pekkarinen
We comment on the regularity assumptions in the multi-agent sequential screening model of Eso and Szentes (2007). First, we observe that the regularity assumptions are not invarian…
econ.TH2024
Optimal Auction Design with Contingent Payments and Costly Verification
Ian Ball, Teemu Pekkarinen
We study the design of an auction for an income-generating asset such as an intellectual property license. Each bidder has a signal about his future income from acquiring the asset…
econ.TH2023
Simple Proofs of the Variational and Multiple Priors Representations
Ian Ball
This note gives simpler proofs of the variational and multiple priors representations in Maccheroni et al. (2006) and Gilboa and Schmeidler (1989).