%0 Journal Article
%T Implementability by a Canonical Indirect Mechanism of an Optimal Two-Dimensional Direct Mechanism
%A Naoki Kojima
%J Theoretical Economics Letters
%P 187-192
%@ 2162-2086
%D 2017
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/tel.2017.72016
%X The present paper investigates
the multi-dimensional mechanism design in which
buyers have taste and budget as their private information. The paper shows an easy proof of a two-dimensional optimal
direct mechanism by a one-dimensional
indirect mechanism: A canonical mechanism in the traditional
one-dimensional setting, i.e., function
of one variable, the buyer¡¯s
taste. It also sheds light on where the
difficulty lies implementability of a general direct mechanism¡ªnot optimal¡ªby a canonical mechanism.
%K Multi-Dimensional Mechanism
%K Indirect Mechanism
%K Budget Constraint
%K Revelation Principle
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=74398