This paper analyzes the impact of biased beliefs on the structure of informational equilibria in classical self-selection models. While the assessment of an individual's type is biased, they still possess relevant "residual private information." Using the insurance market example of...

In this paper we allude to a novel role played by the non-linear income tax system in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market due to asymmetric information between workers and firms. We show that an appropriate choice of the tax schedule enables the government to affect the wage...

In this paper we allude to a novel role played by the non-linear income tax system in the presence of adverse selection in the labor market due to asymmetric information between workers and firms. We show that an appropriate choice of the tax schedule enables the government to affect the wage...