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2011-02Type
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We show that bounds like those of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky (J. Econ. Theory, 2000) as well as of Gradwohl et al. (Math. Oper. Res., 2009) on the number of α-pivotal agents can be obtained by decomposition of variance. All these bounds have a similar asymptotic behaviour, up to constant fac- tors. Our bound is weaker than that of Al-Najjar and Smorodinsky, but we require only pairwise independent—rather than independent—types. Our result strengthens the bound of Gradwohl et al. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-006329942Publication status
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Center of Economic Research at ETH ZurichSubject
ECONOMETRICS AND ECONOMETRIC MODELS (OPERATIONS RESEARCH); Direct mechanism; Influence; ÖKONOMETRIE UND ÖKONOMETRISCHE MODELLE (OPERATIONS RESEARCH); EXTERNE EFFEKTE; EXTERNALITIES; Decomposition of variance; α-pivotal agentOrganisational unit
02045 - Dep. Geistes-, Sozial- u. Staatswiss. / Dep. of Humanities, Social and Pol.Sc.03729 - Gersbach, Hans / Gersbach, Hans
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