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Central exams have been discussed as an incentive to improve educational outcomes. In our paper we study the impact of central exams on labor market outcomes. We explain the quality choice of schools under central and non-central exams and model the resulting students' schooling decisions and...
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which agents receive private information over time. We propose a suitable generalization of the Vickrey …
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We show that all the fundamental properties of competitive equilibrium in Marshall's theory of value, as presented in Note XXI of the mathematical appendix to his Principles of Economics (1890), derive from the Strong Law of Demand. This is, existence, uniqueness, optimality, global stability of...
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We study a linear interaction model with asymmetric information. We first characterize the linear Bayes Nash … information structure.We use our results in a variety of applications: (i) we study the connections between incomplete information … and strategic interaction, (ii) we explain to what extent payoff environment and information structure of a economy are …
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obtained in a complete information setting, where coordination is easy, to those obtained in a setting with strategic risk … deterrent effect under complete information, this does not hold anymore under strategic risk. Rather, we find that increases in …
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correlated fundamentals open sequentially. In both markets, subjects receive private information. Subjects in the market opening … information is only imperfectly aggregated, subjects are able to make correct inferences based on the public information coming … when it is rational to do so because they convey information …
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correlated fundamentals open sequentially. In both markets, subjects receive private information. Subjects in the market opening … information is only imperfectly aggregated, subjects are able to make correct inferences based on the public information coming … when it is rational to do so because they convey information …
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.We contrast results obtained in a complete information setting with those obtained in a setting with strategic risk, where players … have different information about their environment. These two strategic settings allow us to identify and distinguish the … unambiguously facilitate peace under complete information. In contrast, under strategic risk, we show that increases in weapon …
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An entrepreneur contracts with a consultant, who is protected by limited liability, to supply information about the … probability than a bad one. The entrepreneur makes an upfront payment that the consultant can either invest in information … entrepreneurs so long as his informal referrals remain high. The principal finds it optimal to under-utilize information if she uses …
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