Friend-Based Ranking in Practice
General Economics
2021-01-11 v1 Economics
Abstract
A planner aims to target individuals who exceed a threshold in a characteristic, such as wealth or ability. The individuals can rank their friends according to the characteristic. We study a strategy-proof mechanism for the planner to use the rankings for targeting. We discuss how the mechanism works in practice, when the rankings may contain errors.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2101.02857,
title = {Friend-Based Ranking in Practice},
author = {Francis Bloch and Matthew Olckers},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.02857},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Forthcoming in AEA Papers & Proceedings