Optimal Auction Design with Deferred Inspection and Reward
研究了拍卖人可审查买家报价并调整最终付款的拍卖场景，使用凸分析和变分法得出最优设计，对数字市场拍卖机制设计有参考价值。
In a variety of auction contexts, particularly those facilitated by digital marketplaces, auctioneers are now empowered to review the valuations submitted by purchasers and modify the final payments accordingly. Alaei et al. formulate and study the optimal design of such auctions, demonstrating that both the analysis and implementation vastly depart from classical settings. In particular, the analysis requires tools from convex analysis and the calculus of variations, which could be of independent interest in other mechanism design questions.