We survey the recent literature on the role of information in mechanism design. First, we discuss an emerging … literature on the role of endogenous payoff and strategic information for the design and the efficiency of the mechanism. We … specifically consider information management in the form of acquisition of new information or disclosure of existing information …

We explore the impact of private information in sealed-bid first-price auctions. For a given symmetric and arbitrarily … information structures and equilibria. The information and equilibrium attaining this minimum leave bidders indifferent between …