10 papers
Conditional dominance in games with unawareness
Burkhard C. Schipper
Heifetz, Meier, and Schipper (2013) introduced dynamic game with unawareness consisting of a partially ordered set of games in extensive form. Here, we study the normal form of dyn…
Kuhn's Theorem for Games of the Extensive Form with Unawareness
Ki Vin Foo, Burkhard C. Schipper
We extend Kuhn's Theorem to games of the extensive form with unawareness. We prove that if a game of the extensive form with unawareness has perfect recall, then for each mixed str…
Raising Bidders' Awareness in Second-Price Auctions
Ying Xue Li, Burkhard C. Schipper
When bidders bid on complex objects, they might be unaware of characteristics effecting their valuations. We assume that each buyer's valuation is a sum of independent random varia…
Mechanism Design under Unawareness -- Extended Abstract
Kym Pram, Burkhard C. Schipper
We study the design of mechanisms under asymmetric awareness and information. While the mechanism designer cannot necessarily commit to a particular social choice function in the f…
Discrete Screening
Alejandro Francetich, Burkhard C. Schipper
We consider a principal who wishes to screen an agent with \emph{discrete} types by offering a menu of \emph{discrete} quantities and \emph{discrete} transfers. We assume that the…
Rationalizable Screening and Disclosure under Unawareness
Alejandro Francetich, Burkhard C. Schipper
We analyze a principal-agent procurement problem in which the principal (she) is unaware some of the marginal cost types of the agent (he). Communication arises naturally as some t…