Presentation 2000/1/13
Robust Exchange Mechanisms for Information Goods with Low Entry Barriers
Shigeo Matsubara, Makoto Yokoo,
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Abstract(in English) An increase of Internet trade has brought about fraud in exchange processes involving goods and money. A property of network societies that obtaining a new identifier is cheap makes more difficult to solve this problem. We impose an entry fee on newcomers to solve this problem. However, if an entry fee is expensive, it discourages newcomers from starting deals. To resolve the conflict between safety and convenience, we have developed two kinds of exchange mechanisms that guarantee against defection from a contract. One reduces the entry fee by integrating multiple deals and controlling goods and money flows. The other reduces the entry fee by incorporating a third party agent into the exchange process. We examine the lower bound of the entry fee for each mechanism and provide a calculation method that is able to obtain this value in linear time.
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Keyword(in English) exchange protocol / mechanism design / information goods / electronic commerce
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Conference Date 2000/1/13(1days)
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Title (in English) Robust Exchange Mechanisms for Information Goods with Low Entry Barriers
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Keyword(1) exchange protocol
Keyword(2) mechanism design
Keyword(3) information goods
Keyword(4) electronic commerce
1st Author's Name Shigeo Matsubara
1st Author's Affiliation NTT Communication Science Laboratories()
2nd Author's Name Makoto Yokoo
2nd Author's Affiliation NTT Communication Science Laboratories
Date 2000/1/13
Paper # AI99-79
Volume (vol) vol.99
Number (no) 534
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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