Week 11 Tutorial: Redesign the Rulebook Workshop time on Assignment 2 — checking a proposed rule for incentive compatibility before you submit it
8 May 2028
Before the tutorial#
Bring a draft of the rule or mechanism your Assignment 2 redesign proposes,
however rough.
In the tutorial#
Swap drafts with a partner and try, deliberately, to find a way to game
each other’s rule — a way a rational, self-interested participant could
follow it to the letter while defeating its intent. Revise your own rule in
response to what your partner found.
Afterwards#
A rule that survived being gamed once by a classmate is a much better bet
against a marker than one that’s never been tested outside your own head.
Printable handout#
Print this handout (A4) Bring A draft of your Assignment 2 rule or mechanism, however rough What happens in the room Swap draft rules with a partner Deliberately try to find a way a rational, self-interested participant could follow the rule to the letter while defeating its intent Revise your own rule in response to what your partner found Debrief: a rule tested outside your own head is a much better bet against a marker The spec What you bring to the session. Written so a reader can tell whether it has been met without asking you.
you bring a draft rule from your Assignment 2 redesign you can state, for your own rule, one way a rational participant could game it after workshopping, your rule has changed in at least one specific way