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This dissertation presents three essays in economics. Firstly, I study the problem of allocating an indivisible good between two agents under incomplete information. I provide a characterization of mechanisms that maximize the sum of the expected utilities of the agents among all feasible strategy-proof mechanisms: Any optimal mechanism must be a convex combination of two fixed price mechanisms and two option mechanisms. Secondly, I study the problem of allocating a non-excludable public good between two agents under incomplete information. An equal-cost sharing mechanism which maximizes the sum of the expected utilities of the agents among all feasible strategy-proof mechanisms is proved to be optimal. Under the equal-cost sharing mechanism, when the built cost is low, the public good is provided whenever one of the agents is willing to fund it at half cost; when the cost is high, the public good is provided only if both agents are willing to fund it. Thirdly, I analyze the problem of matching two heterogeneous populations. If the payoff from a match exhibits complementarities, it is well known that absent any friction positive assortative matching is optimal. Coarse matching refers to a situation in which the populations into a finite number of classes, then randomly matched within these classes. The focus of this essay is the performance of coarse matching schemes with a finite number of classes. The main results of this essay are the following ones. First, assuming a multiplicative match payoff function, I derive a lower bound on the performance of n-class coarse matching under mild conditions on the distributions of agents' characteristics. Second, I prove that this result generalizes to a large class of match payoff functions. Third, I show that these results are applicable to a broad class of applications, including a monopoly pricing problem with incomplete information, as well as to a cost-sharing problem with incomplete information. In these problems, standard models predict that optimal contracts sort types completely. The third result implies that a monopolist can capture a large fraction of the second-best profits by offering pooling contracts with a small number of qualities.
ContributorsShao, Ran (Author) / Manelli, Alejandro (Thesis advisor) / Chade, Hector (Thesis advisor) / Schlee, Edward (Committee member) / Kovrijnykh, Natalia (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2011
ContributorsSchildkret, David (Conductor) / Chamber Singers (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2018-02-10
ContributorsGlenn, Erica (Conductor) / Evans, Bartlett R. (Conductor) / Oh, Eun-Mi (Conductor) / Thompson, Jason D. (Conductor) / Schildkret, David (Conductor) / Concert Choir (Performer) / Arizona Statesmen (Performer) / Women's Chorus (Performer) / Gospel Choir (Performer) / Barrett Choir (Performer) / Chamber Singers (Performer) / Choral Union (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2017-11-30
ContributorsUniversity Choirs (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2000-11-16
ContributorsSchildkret, David (Conductor) / White, Jamilyn (Performer) / Krison, Danielle (Performer) / Barefield, Robert (Performer) / FitzPatrick, Carole (Performer) / Chamber Singers (Performer) / Choral Union (Performer) / Symphonic Chorale (Performer) / University Symphony Orchestra (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2007-04-26
ContributorsLyne, Gregory K. (Performer) / Stutzman, Gina (Performer) / Woodgate, Lyn (Performer) / Cornner, Charles B. (Performer) / Rozukalns, Andris L. (Performer) / Women's Choir (Performer) / University Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1996-11-24
ContributorsCherland, Carl (Performer) / Fuller, Charles L. (Performer) / O'Brien, Robert (Performer) / Hooper, Wm. John (Performer) / Graduate Chorale (Performer) / Recital Chorale (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1987-10-01
ContributorsRoueche, Michelle (Performer) / Partin, Darrell (Performer) / Wiest-Parthun, Karen (Performer) / Harvison, Emery (Performer) / Hernandez, Rene (Performer) / Foley, Laura (Performer) / Women's Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created1994-04-21
ContributorsParthun, Karen (Conductor) / Hickman, Miriam, 1955- (Performer) / University Choir (Performer) / Vocal Jazz Ensemble (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2000-11-19
ContributorsPeterson, Craig C. (Director) / Butler, Robb (Director) / Forkner, Christina (Contributor) / Leman, Christi (Performer) / Miller, Kenny (Musician) (Performer) / Howard, Johnothon (Performer) / Gibson, Ted (Performer) / Herberger Singers (Performer) / University Choir (Performer) / ASU Library. Music Library (Publisher)
Created2003-10-12