3 papers
cs.GT2026
Searching for Optimal Prices in Two-Sided Markets
Yiding Feng, Mengfan Ma, Bo Peng +1
We investigate online pricing in two-sided markets where a platform repeatedly posts prices based on binary accept/reject feedback to maximize gains-from-trade (GFT) or profit. We…
cs.GT2026
Contracting with a Mechanism Designer
Tian Bai, Yiding Feng, Yaohao Liu +2
This paper explores the economic interactions within modern crowdsourcing markets. In these markets, employers issue requests for tasks, platforms facilitate the recruitment of cro…
cs.GT2025
Contextual Search in Principal-Agent Games: The Curse of Degeneracy
Yiding Feng, Mengfan Ma, Bo Peng +1
In this work, we introduce and study contextual search in general principal-agent games, where a principal repeatedly interacts with agents by offering contracts based on contextua…