Strategic Attribute Learning

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Autori principali: Benkert, Jean-Michel, Matyskova, Ludmila, Starkov, Egor
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Benkert, Jean-Michel
Matyskova, Ludmila
Starkov, Egor
author_facet Benkert, Jean-Michel
Matyskova, Ludmila
Starkov, Egor
contents A researcher allocates a budget of informative tests across multiple unknown attributes to influence a decision-maker. We derive the researcher's equilibrium learning strategy by solving an auxiliary single-player problem. The attribute weights in this problem depend on how much the researcher and the decision-maker disagree. If the researcher expects an excessive response to new information, she forgoes learning altogether. In an organizational context, we show that a manager favors more diverse analysts as the hierarchical distance grows. In another application, we show how an appropriately opposed advisor can constrain a discriminatory politician, and identify the welfare-inequality Pareto frontier of researchers.
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spellingShingle Strategic Attribute Learning
Benkert, Jean-Michel
Matyskova, Ludmila
Starkov, Egor
Theoretical Economics
A researcher allocates a budget of informative tests across multiple unknown attributes to influence a decision-maker. We derive the researcher's equilibrium learning strategy by solving an auxiliary single-player problem. The attribute weights in this problem depend on how much the researcher and the decision-maker disagree. If the researcher expects an excessive response to new information, she forgoes learning altogether. In an organizational context, we show that a manager favors more diverse analysts as the hierarchical distance grows. In another application, we show how an appropriately opposed advisor can constrain a discriminatory politician, and identify the welfare-inequality Pareto frontier of researchers.
title Strategic Attribute Learning
topic Theoretical Economics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.10024