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Essays on Dynamic Decisions Under Uncertainty

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This dissertation comprises three essays that study dynamic decisions under uncertainty--in particular, ambiguity. The first two chapters develop new decision models that emphasize the role of making statistical inferences in decisions. The third chapter highlights, in the context of persuasion, how different decision models can lead to distinct conclusions in...

Keyword:

Persuasion, Updating, Dynamic Decision, Ambiguity, Robust Decision, and Learning

Subject:

Economics and Economic theory

Creator:

Cheng, Xiaoyu

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

06/22/2022

Date Created:

2022-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16047 and etdadmin_upload_901139
Essays in Non-Bayesian Information Transmission

Description:

This dissertation studies interactions between a non-Bayesian decision maker (DM) and a sophisticated information provider who wants to influence the DM. In the essay ``Strategic Justifications," an auditor receives a justification from a self-interested expert who wants to convince the auditor that she acted in good faith for her clients....

Keyword:

Persuasion, Frequentist, Non-Bayesian, Expert-Client, and Fiduciary duty

Subject:

Economic theory

Creator:

Patil, Sanket Ramakant

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

06/22/2022

Date Created:

2022-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16062 and etdadmin_upload_902048
Endogenous Information Acquisition: Essays in Applied Game Theory

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This dissertation endogenizes information acquisition in two-player games across three different settings. The first chapter explores when moral hazard in a principal-agent contract can lead to pareto improvements when it is preceeded by information gathering. The second chapter studies how product differentiation affects the amount of market research done by...

Keyword:

Persuasion, Game Theory, Information Economics, Contracts, Microeconomics, and Moral Hazard

Subject:

Managerial Economics and Strategy

Creator:

Colin Shopp

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

11/25/2019

Date Modified:

11/25/2019

Date Created:

2018-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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