The design of international public goods provision mechanisms that are most robust against the free-riding behavior of non-participants

2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20730135
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: WAKAYAMA Takuma Osaka University, 経済学部, 講師 (80448654)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Keywords: 経済理論 / ゲーム理論 / メカニズムデザイン

Research Abstract

In this project, I studied the design of international public goods provision mechanisms that are most robust against the free-riding behavior of non-participants. Concretely, I first examined equilibrium participation probabilities in the voluntary contribution mechanism and in any Pareto efficient mechanism. Next, I numerically compared the voluntary contribution mechanism with the Pareto efficient mechanism and studied the design of international public goods provision mechanisms that are applicable in a wide range of situations. Moreover, I conducted experimental study on the comparison between mechanisms.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The relation between non-bossiness and monotonicity (2009)
  • Author(s): Hideki Mizukami, Takuma Wakayama
  • Journal Title: Mathematical Social Sciences Vol.58 Pages: 256-264
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] メカニズムの比較問題:メカニズムデザインの新展開 (2009)
  • Author(s): 二本杉剛・水上英貴・若山琢磨
  • Journal Title: オペレーションズ・リサーチ 54 Pages: 452-457
• [Journal Article] Secure implementation in economies with indivisible objects and money (2008)
  • Author(s): Yuji Fujinaka, Takuma Wakayama
  • Journal Title: Economic Letters Vol.100 Pages: 91-95
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] メカニズムデザイン理論への招待:理論と実践 (2009)
  • Author(s): 若山琢磨
  • Organizer: 電子情報通信学会「人工知能と知識処理」研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-25
• [Presentation] Ex-post implementation by the associated direct revelation mechanism (2008)
  • Author(s): Takuma Wakayama
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会2008年度秋季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 近畿大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-09-14
• [Presentation] Ex-post implementation by the associated direct revelation mechanism (2008)
  • Author(s): Takuma Wakayama
  • Organizer: The 9th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Concordia University
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-22
• [Book] メカニズムデザイン-資源配分制度の設計とインセンティブ (2008)
  • Author(s): 坂井豊貴・藤中裕二・若山琢磨
  • Total Pages: 224
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
• [Remarks] Tsuyoshi Nihonsugi, TakafumiYamakawa, Jun Shionozaki, Makoto Kato,Kenju Akai, Takuma Wakayama, TsutomuMurata, and Tatsuyoshi Saijo, “TheCognitive Processing of Altruisticand Spiteful Behavior: An fMRIStudy,"Working Paper EXP-SS-E-10,Osaka University, 2009.
• [Remarks] Yuji Fujinaka and Takuma Wakayama, "Secure implementation in Shapley-Scarf housing markets, "ISER Discussion Paper No. 727R, Osaka University, 2009.
• [Remarks] Toyotaka Sakai and Takuma Wakayama, "Uniform, equal division, and other envy-free rules between the two, " ISER Discussion Paper No. 723, Osaka University, 2008.
• [Remarks] Hideki Mizukami and Takuma Wakayama, "Secure implementation: An alternative characterization, " Working Paper No. 238, University of Toyama, 2008.
• [Remarks]
  • URL: http://www.geocities.jp/takuma_wakayama/index_j.html