Learning before trading: on the inefficiency of ignoring free information
This paper analyzes a bilateral trade model in which the buyer's valuation for the object is
uncertain and she can privately purchase any signal about her valuation. The seller makes a …
uncertain and she can privately purchase any signal about her valuation. The seller makes a …
Information design in multistage games
M Makris, L Renou - Theoretical Economics, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Information design in multistage games - Makris - 2023 - Theoretical Economics - Wiley Online
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Robustly-optimal mechanism for selling multiple goods
We study robustly-optimal mechanisms for selling multiple items. The seller maximizes
revenue against a worst-case distribution of a buyer's valuations within a set of distributions …
revenue against a worst-case distribution of a buyer's valuations within a set of distributions …
Optimal information and security design
N Inostroza, A Tsoy - Available at SSRN 4093333, 2022 - papers.ssrn.com
An asset owner designs an asset-backed security and a signal about its value. After privately
observing the signal, he sells the security to the monopolistic liquidity supplier. Any optimal …
observing the signal, he sells the security to the monopolistic liquidity supplier. Any optimal …
Monopoly, product quality, and flexible learning
A seller offers a buyer a schedule of transfers and associated product qualities, as in Mussa
and Rosen (1978). After observing this schedule, the buyer chooses a flexible costly signal …
and Rosen (1978). After observing this schedule, the buyer chooses a flexible costly signal …
The irrelevance of fee structures for certification
M Pollrich, R Strausz - American Economic Review: Insights, 2024 - pubs.aeaweb.org
In models of certification, possible restrictions on the nature of the fee structures are
commonly analyzed. We show that they are irrelevant for the certifier's ability to maximize …
commonly analyzed. We show that they are irrelevant for the certifier's ability to maximize …
[图书][B] Welfare of price discrimination and market segmentation in duopoly
X Shi, J Zhang - 2020 - individual.utoronto.ca
We apply information design approach to studying market segmentation and third-degree
price discrimination in a duopoly market with captive and contested consumers. A market …
price discrimination in a duopoly market with captive and contested consumers. A market …
On the Alignment of Consumer Surplus and Total Surplus Under Competitive Price Discrimination
Producers of heterogeneous goods with heterogeneous costs compete in prices. When
producers know their own production costs and the consumer knows their values, consumer …
producers know their own production costs and the consumer knows their values, consumer …