before deciding whether to join the queue. We pose the following question: which signaling mechanism should the service …-state distribution, and establish that, in general, the optimal signaling mechanism requires the service provider to strategically … conceal information in order to incentivize customers to join. In particular, we show that a binary signaling mechanism with a …

We analyze optimal redistribution in the presence of labor market signaling where innate productive ability is not only … unobserved by the government, but also by prospective employers. Our model features signaling in both one and two dimensions … of educational attainment, we analyze the dual role of income taxation in redistributing income and affecting signaling …

We analyze optimal redistribution in the presence of labor market signaling where innate productive ability is not only … unobserved by the government, but also by prospective employers. Signaling in both one and two dimensions is considered, where in …

receiver’s inference about their type. We reestablish revenue equivalence when bidders’ signaling concerns are linear, and the … auction makes participation observable via an entry fee. With convex signaling concerns, optimal auctions are fully … transparent: every standard auction, which reveals all bids yields maximal revenue. With concave signaling concerns there is no …

seller's information is not verifiable, and the reserve price works as a signaling device. In this paper, we consider an … that such a signaling incentive could decrease the seller's profit and probability of sale in equilibrium, with a larger …. We estimate the reserve price signaling model using a novel dataset from a large online auto auction platform. We find …

We study dynamic signaling in a game of stochastic stakes. Each period, a privately informed agent of binary type …

We study dynamic signaling in a game of stochastic stakes. Each period, a privately informed agent of binary type …