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Author:

Mekerishvili, Giorgi

Title:

ESSAYS ON INFORMATION DESIGN

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Bayesian PersuasionInformation Design
Disclosure Requirements
Information Disclosure
Crowdfunding
Microtargeting
Kickstarter
Optimal Regulation
Regulation of Disclosure Requirements
political campaigns
political campaigning
Citizen Candidate Model
Principal-Agent Model
Crowdfunding Platform
Reward-based Crowdfunding
commitment power
commitment to information disclosure
reputation
reputation system
long-run reputation
cheap talk
investor protection
capital formation
model of electoral competition
strategic candidates
voter turnout
political awareness
elite polarization
negative campaigning
instrumental voters
rational voters
expressive voting
belief-free equilibrium
strategic communication
dynamic incentives
three stage Maximum Likelihood
campaigning technologies
repeated cheap talk
entrepreneurship
asymmetric information
moral hazard
information intermediary
information intermediation
financial intermediary
Bayesian Persuasion
Information Design
optimal regulation
regulation of disclosure requirements
Moral Hazard
optimal disclosure on crowdfunding platforms
commitment vs. flexibility
commitment vs. flexibility in information disclosure
a fair punishment
microtargeting rational voters

File:

Download Dissertation_Giorgi_Mekerishvili.pdf

Committee Members:

Syed Nageeb Ali, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Syed Nageeb Ali, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Edward Schurter, Committee Member
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Bumba Mukherjee, Outside Member
Nima Haghpanah Jahromi, Committee Member
James Jordan, Committee Member

Author:

Muratov, Oleg

Title:

ESSAYS ON INFORMATION DESIGN IN ECONOMIC THEORY

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Information Design
Competition
Research and Development
Moral Hazard
Optimal Contracts
All-Pay Auctions
Contest Theory

File:

Download Oleg_Muratov_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ron Siegel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ron Siegel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Rohit Lamba, Committee Member
Fenghua Song, Outside Member
Barry William Ickes, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akbulut, Suat

Title:

ESSAYS ON VALUE DISTRIBUTIONS IN ALL-PAY AUCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Economics

Keywords:

Endogenizing Value Distribution
Learning Value Distribution
Technology Adoption Incentives
Ranking Disclosure Policies
Information Design
Entrant vs Incumbent

File:

Download Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ron Siegel, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ron Siegel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kalyan Chatterjee, Committee Member
Nima Haghpanah Jahromi, Committee Member
Anthony Mark Kwasnica, Outside Member
Marc Albert Henry, Program Head/Chair