2 papers
econ.TH2025
Shill-Proof Auctions
Andrew Komo, Scott Duke Kominers, Tim Roughgarden
We characterize single-item auction formats that are shill-proof in the sense that a profit-maximizing seller has no incentive to submit shill bids. We distinguish between strong s…
cs.GT2025
Incentive-Compatible Recovery from Manipulated Signals, with Applications to Decentralized Physical Infrastructure
Jason Milionis, Jens Ernstberger, Joseph Bonneau +2
We introduce the first formal model capturing the elicitation of unverifiable information from a party (the "source") with implicit signals derived by other players (the "observers…