We study the impact of information revelation on efficiency in auctions. In a constrained-efficient mechanism, i.e. a … mechanism that is efficient subject to the incentive-compatibility constraint, any additional information available to bidders …-price sealed-bid auction, revelation of information might lead to efficiency losses. …

evidence on the effect of income risk and information acquisition on portfolio choice. …

In an observational learning environment, rational agents with incomplete information may mimic the actions of their …

for private information. We charac terize optimal mechanisms and analyze specific programs often used during banking …

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 …

introduced by the presence of moral hazard naturally depends on the information structure in the economy; it is cheaper to induce … correct incentives in a society which possesses better ex-post information. The degree of ex-post information depends on the … number of projects and entrepreneurs in the economy; the more projects, the better the information. This implies that in the …

-Coate (1997)) to an asymmetric information setting, in which the type of a given individual is assumed to be private information … for a number of (potential) candidates at most equal to three. This is in sharp contrast with the complete information …

information and correlated between them. The principals benchmark their agents against each other by making the same offers in the …

Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … parties? Democratic theory assumes that offering more information to voters will enhance electoral accountability. However, if … increased support for challengers and higher political participation. We provide experimental evidence that information about …