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expand to new destinations. We develop a model based on experimentation to rationalize these and other dynamic patterns of …
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access to information, but all the news acquired becomes automatically public. Conditional on the information disclosed, a … incomplete but symmetric information, we show that the first individual obtains rents due to his superior ability to decide … whether to collect or forego evidence, i.e., due to his control in the generation of (public) information. We provide an …
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We study the problem of a central bank whose policy actions simultaneously affect the information flow about its … information flow. Yet optimal policy is very conservative because inflation surprises yield information that increases the …
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facilitating the process of experimentation that is required for the initial commercialization of technologies. This evidence also …
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experimentation can lead firms to start investing abroad. …
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This Paper examines the role of employment protection when firms learn over time about the value of the match. When parties can commit to future wages, equilibrium contracts stipulate positive severance payments as an instrument to induce efficient lay-off decisions and there is no room for...
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This Paper shows that price rigidity evolves in an economy populated by imperfectly rational agents who experiment with alternative rules of thumb. In the model, firms must set their prices in the face of aggregate shocks. The payoff depends on the level of aggregate demand, as well as on their...
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We investigate whether providers of high frequency news analytics affect the stock market. As identification, we exploit a unique experiment based on differences in news event classifications between different product releases of a major provider of news analytics. We document a causal effect of...
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information in investor demand co-exists with the presence of capacity constraints in hedge fund returns, confirming two main …
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for private information. We charac terize optimal mechanisms and analyze specific programs often used during banking …
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