Part 2 | “Magic Implementation” with Ariel Rubinstein

Part 2: “Magic Implementation” with Professor Ariel Rubinstein
Friday, February 27th, 2026 
(Three-part Mini Course Series, sponsored by the Program for Economic Research)

PER Mini Course Instructor: Ariel Rubinstein

Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University and NYU

Ariel Rubinstein, Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University and NYU, will be speaking as a PER Mini Course instructor about his recent book,  “No Prices No Games!”, and his paper, “Magical Implementation”.

Mini Course Series, Part 2

Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: 1027 International Affairs Building (IAB)

Talk Title: “Magic Implementation”

Abstract:
A principal must decide which of two parties deserves a prize. Each party privately observes the state that determines which of them is deserving. The principles provides each party with a text describing the conditions for deserving the prize and asks them to report the state of nature. The parties are not strategic. Each party activates a coating procedure that relates to the state and the text provided. The principal magically implements his goal if he can devise a pair of texts that allow him to recognize a cheater by applying what we call the “one-way cheating principle”.

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Light refreshments will be served.