We study the bilateral exchange of information in the context of linear quadratic games. An information structure is … study the equilibrium use of information in any given sharing network, finding that the extent to which a piece of … information is "public" affects the equilibrium use of it, in line with previous results in the literature. We then study the …

signals). We interpret our results as revelation principles for information design problems. We apply our characterization to …

. -- merger ; asymmetric information ; oligopoly ; single crossing …We analyze a Bayesian merger game under two-sided asymmetric information about firm types. We show that the standard …

I examine a setting, where an information sender conducts research into a payoff-relevant state variable, and releases … information to agents, who consider joining a coalition. The agents' actions can cause harm by contributing to a public bad. The … sender, who has commitment power, by designing an information mechanism (a set of signals and a probability distribution over …