all their candidates) only wage mechanisms that allow for ex post Bertrand competition generate the maximum matching on a …

described for the case where the two parties can simultaneously reveal information publicly to uninformed voters. Inverse …

When the information used by a principal to monitor an agent is private, and thus non-verifiable by a third party, the … information in order to collect a monetary penalty from him. Restoring credibility may lead to an extreme waste of resources … efficient outcome is feasible by exploiting the timing of private information. If the private information arrives before the …

similar credentials) on wages. Using a simple model of asymmetric information, I show that RDD estimates the information value … of a diploma. A positive information value arises if employers, unable to observe the test score that determines diploma … information value regardless of whether workers' productivity is solely determined by acquisition of knowledge and skills through …