Essays in mechanism design and decision theory

dc.contributor.advisorMoulin, Herveen_US
dc.creatorOzsoy, Haticeen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-03T19:55:30Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-03T19:55:30Zen_US
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.description.abstractMany economic decisions rely on information that is privately owned by the agents, who may have incentives to misreport this information. The strategic possibilities of the agents may take different forms, depending on the economic environment. The first chapter studies the scheduling problem, and considers coalitional maneuvers in the form of splitting and transferring jobs. The second chapter explores strategic behavior in the form of merging by users in the minimum cost spanning tree problem. The third chapter is about decision making under uncertainty, where we give an alternative characterization of individual preferences that are based on beliefs.en_US
dc.format.extent69 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ECON. 2008 OZSOYen_US
dc.identifier.citationOzsoy, Hatice. "Essays in mechanism design and decision theory." (2008) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/22212">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/22212</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/22212en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectEconomic theoryen_US
dc.titleEssays in mechanism design and decision theoryen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentEconomicsen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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