Monday, 26 March 2018, 16:30 at CMS, MR13 – I will present an optimization framework based on optimal transport theory, characterizing the structure of revenue-optimal auctions in single-bidder multi-item settings. Our framework provides closed-form descriptions of multi-item auctions, generalizing Myerson’s celebrated single-item result, and exhibits simple settings with very rich structure in their optimal auction. Our result is obtained …