4 papers
Contest Architecture with Public Disclosures
Toomas Hinnosaar
I study optimal disclosure policies in sequential contests. A contest designer chooses at which periods to publicly disclose the efforts of previous contestants. I provide results…
Price Setting on a Network
Toomas Hinnosaar
Most products are produced and sold by supply chain networks, where an interconnected network of producers and intermediaries set prices to maximize their profits. I show that ther…
Robust Pricing with Refunds
Toomas Hinnosaar, Keiichi Kawai
Before purchase, a buyer of an experience good learns about the product's fit using various information sources, including some of which the seller may be unaware of. The buyer, ho…
Optimal Sequential Contests
Toomas Hinnosaar
I study sequential contests where the efforts of earlier players may be disclosed to later players by nature or by design. The model has a range of applications, including rent see…