Optimal Feedback in Contests
Joint with George Georgiads, Sina Khorasani and Luis Rayo We derive optimal contests for environments where output takes the form of...
Research
- Jun 23, 2020
- 1 min
Rotation as Contagion Mitigation
Joint with Andrea Galeotti and Jakub Steiner We study rotation schemes that govern individuals’ activities within an organization during...
- May 26, 2020
- 1 min
Optimal Test Allocation
Joint with Jakub Steiner and Andrea Galeotti A health authority chooses a binary action for each of several individuals that differ in...
- Apr 18, 2019
- 1 min
Sequential Information Design
Joint with Laura Doval We study games of incomplete information as both the information structure and the extensive-form vary. An analyst...
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
A Cake-Cutting Solution to Gerrymandering
I propose a mechanism for redistricting inspired by cake-cutting mechanisms for fair division. The majority party proposes a partition of...
- Jan 23, 2019
- 1 min
Moving the Goalposts
Joint with Martin Szydlowski We study information as an incentive device in a dynamic moral hazard frame- work. An agent works on a task...
- Jan 22, 2019
- 1 min
Suspense and Surprise
Joint with Alex Frankel and Emir Kamenica We model demand for non-instrumental information, drawing on the idea that people derive...
- Jan 21, 2019
- 1 min
Beeps
I introduce and study dynamic persuasion mechanisms. A principal privately observes the evolution of a stochastic process and sends...
- Jan 20, 2019
- 1 min
Torture
Joint with Sandeep Baliga We study torture as a mechanism for extracting information from a suspect who may or may not be informed. We...
- Jan 19, 2019
- 1 min
Critical Types
Joint with Marcin Peski How can we know in advance whether simplifying assumptions about beliefs will make a difference in the...