This paper introduces strategic reporting to a Bayesian persuasion problem in which a sender publicly designs an experiment and after privately observing an experiment result, she reports a message with some cost to influence a receiver's action. The cost depends on both results and messages....

We consider the communication of expertise in a disclosure game. A sender wants to persuade a receiver to take a high-value action. The sender has private information about her ability to acquire evidence, called her expertise. After the sender communicates her expertise to the receiver through...