{"state_type":"pith_open_graph_state","state_version":"1.0","pith_number":"pith:2026:WGHUVCXVE22ER43TIGESWWSBGO","merge_version":"pith-open-graph-merge-v1","event_count":2,"valid_event_count":2,"invalid_event_count":0,"equivocation_count":0,"current":{"canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"1134b6f316882a011c3ebf662dd093a72d443aa86514bbabb8d8b9f8f83350b5","cross_cats_sorted":[],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","primary_cat":"econ.TH","submitted_at":"2026-08-10T10:35:37Z","title_canon_sha256":"e33696a384cbe8da28341203eeb02a3a400f326a6dbbc9436e44b87141518cde"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2608.09409","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"source_aliases":[{"alias_kind":"arxiv","alias_value":"2608.09409","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"},{"alias_kind":"arxiv_version","alias_value":"2608.09409v1","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"},{"alias_kind":"doi","alias_value":"10.48550/arxiv.2608.09409","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_12","alias_value":"WGHUVCXVE22E","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_16","alias_value":"WGHUVCXVE22ER43T","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"},{"alias_kind":"pith_short_8","alias_value":"WGHUVCXV","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z"}],"graph_snapshots":[{"event_id":"sha256:a4a41c3418ad33f0a3dee666fbc0246757cb8936d3173fc09dc6175edc0f04cc","target":"graph","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"graph_snapshot":{"author_claims":{"count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","strong_count":0},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"integrity":{"available":true,"clean":true,"detectors_run":[],"endpoint":"/pith/2608.09409/integrity.json","findings":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938","summary":{"advisory":0,"by_detector":{},"critical":0,"informational":0}},"paper":{"abstract_excerpt":"A principal must decide whether to implement a project. She privately knows the cost, an agent privately knows the benefit. Monetary transfers are not available, and compared to the principal, the agent does not fully internalize the cost. We show that the principal-optimal mechanism does not require the agent to report. Instead, it either ignores the agent or endows the agent with free information and full decision authority.","authors_text":"Alexander Winter, Deniz Kattwinkel","cross_cats":[],"headline":"","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","primary_cat":"econ.TH","submitted_at":"2026-08-10T10:35:37Z","title":"Information for nothing and authority for free"},"references":{"count":0,"internal_anchors":0,"resolved_work":0,"sample":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2608.09409","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"created_at":null,"id":null,"model_set":{},"one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"pith_extraction_headline":"","strongest_claim":"","weakest_assumption":""}},"verdict_id":null}}],"author_attestations":[],"timestamp_anchors":[],"storage_attestations":[],"citation_signatures":[],"replication_records":[],"corrections":[],"mirror_hints":[],"record_created":{"event_id":"sha256:ac3508bdf38f32a79cbb7d43ebaf6bdee448a81d1a131a8bcb607ac14094aa10","target":"record","created_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32Z","signer":{"key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","signer_id":"pith.science","signer_type":"pith_registry"},"payload":{"attestation_state":"computed","canonical_record":{"metadata":{"abstract_canon_sha256":"1134b6f316882a011c3ebf662dd093a72d443aa86514bbabb8d8b9f8f83350b5","cross_cats_sorted":[],"license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","primary_cat":"econ.TH","submitted_at":"2026-08-10T10:35:37Z","title_canon_sha256":"e33696a384cbe8da28341203eeb02a3a400f326a6dbbc9436e44b87141518cde"},"schema_version":"1.0","source":{"id":"2608.09409","kind":"arxiv","version":1}},"canonical_sha256":"b18f4a8af526b448f37341892b5a4133b1c9e3dbfbaa6380620094e9692061fc","receipt":{"algorithm":"ed25519","builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1","canonical_sha256":"b18f4a8af526b448f37341892b5a4133b1c9e3dbfbaa6380620094e9692061fc","first_computed_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32.967843Z","key_id":"pith-v1-2026-05","kind":"pith_receipt","last_reissued_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32.967843Z","public_key_fingerprint":"8d4b5ee74e4693bcd1df2446408b0d54","receipt_version":"0.3","signature_b64":"h4wDQVj1lOXQ9k16YoxpTvVNM/T0LkOGW5X+CvbYryER4Cs+khDi4O2dfPs7She9Ps9dezPdwPO8R5bzOrNiBQ==","signature_status":"signed_v1","signed_at":"2026-08-11T02:22:32.969275Z","signed_message":"canonical_sha256_bytes"},"source_id":"2608.09409","source_kind":"arxiv","source_version":1}}},"equivocations":[],"invalid_events":[],"applied_event_ids":["sha256:ac3508bdf38f32a79cbb7d43ebaf6bdee448a81d1a131a8bcb607ac14094aa10","sha256:a4a41c3418ad33f0a3dee666fbc0246757cb8936d3173fc09dc6175edc0f04cc"],"state_sha256":"2f2fa7e73fa505345339201cbe52d95fe117c7c05ee9c1d20d2800d5df2bed5f"}