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Whataboutism
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We propose a model of whataboutism -- a rhetorical strategy that deflects criticism by citing similar misconduct that goes uncriticized on the critic's side -- and study its implic…
Monopolistic Data Dumping
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
A profit-maximizing monopolist curates a database for users seeking to learn a parameter. There are two user types: "Nowcasters" wish to learn the parameter's current value, while…
News Media as Suppliers of Narratives (and Information)
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We present a model of news media that shape consumer beliefs by providing information (signals about an exogenous state) and narratives (models of what determines outcomes). To amp…
False Narratives and Political Mobilization
Kfir Eliaz, Simone Galperti, Ran Spiegler
We present an equilibrium model of politics in which political platforms compete over public opinion. A platform consists of a policy, a coalition of social groups with diverse int…
Anabolic Persuasion
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We present a model of optimal training of a rational, sluggish agent. A trainer commits to a discrete-time, finite-state Markov process that governs the evolution of training inten…
Cheating with (Recursive) Models
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler, Yair Weiss
To what extent can agents with misspecified subjective models predict false correlations? We study an "analyst" who utilizes models that take the form of a recursive system of line…
A Model of Competing Narratives
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We formalize the argument that political disagreements can be traced to a "clash of narratives". Drawing on the "Bayesian Networks" literature, we model a narrative as a causal mod…
The Model Selection Curse
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
A "statistician" takes an action on behalf of an agent, based on the agent's self-reported personal data and a sample involving other people. The action that he takes is an estimat…